LCD Users only: do you have Clear Type enabled or not?

[ld13]

Off. Actually had to google it to find out how to enable it.

Lol, I had to Google it too!

Mine is off. Have a LG192WS. No problems with reading text.
I Prefer it when it's off though.

 

[PeterCH]

So you use LSD?

With LSD, you don't need any ClearType man .

 

[marine1]

On - didnt even know.

 

[CodeMaster]

Yes,
Home = LG 1780Q
Work = Samsung 226BW

 

[kevinswan007]

Im running Windows Vista Ultimate and ClearType was not running as default.
After I enabled it, there is a small difference in that the text is slightly darker and more defined.

I have an ASUS 22" LCD (VW222U)

 

[mh348]

Windows Xp
BenQ FP92W - ClearType Enabled

Just looks better

 

[4cer]

cleartype is shocking.. just makes words bolder and uglier... i find things alot better with it off.

 

[mh348]

cleartype is shocking.. just makes words bolder and uglier... i find things alot better with it off.

bolder is better, with cleartype disabled it just looks uglier,

 

[ld13]

cleartype is shocking.. just makes words bolder and uglier... i find things alot better with it off.

With you on that one. I am kind of being forced into using IE7 at university. IE7 has ClearType enabled. I HATE IT! (oops, caps lock got stuck there for a moment) One or two things looks nicer with it turned on, but the text and the rest of it looks...Overdone. No thank you.

 

[CathJ]

cleartype is shocking.. just makes words bolder and uglier... i find things alot better with it off.

Yup, I tried it once and disabled it immediately.

 

[ld13]

Who of you that has it Disabled, use IE7?

 

[AirWolf]

Yup, I tried it once and disabled it immediately.

Ditto.

 

[ProAsm]

Cleartype enabled was for older LCD's that run at a 12 ms or higher response time as their fonts sometimes looked real bad especially when black on gray.
Laptops normally suffer quite bad with this effect.
If your monitor is an 8 ms or better its probably best to leave it disabled as it looks more normal that way.
IE7 like some Firefox Themes sometimes look better with it on as they use a slightly smaller font and it tends to look a bit 'grainy' and is probably reason why Vista defaults it on.