Disable ClearType font smoothing

Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Jason

There is no other feature that I have heard so much positive and negative feedback about than ClearType screen font smoothing. Some users think this feature is great while other complain that it makes the text blurry and hard to read. If you are one of those that do not like ClearType then this tweak is for you.

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel and Desktop.
3. Set FontSmoothingType to 1.
4. Set FontSmoothing to 1.
5. Reboot.

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  2. BOB Riordan on 19 Oct 2007 at 8:57 am #

    Very Cool Advice….Thanks Hitsland….BOB

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  4. Brystler on 15 Apr 2008 at 5:13 pm #

    yesss, something that finally works. The best solution yet. I tried all the other solutions posted on the web and was able to turn it off for in certain areas. This was the only solution that turned it off everywhere….

  5. Ryan on 20 Jan 2009 at 4:55 pm #

    Excellent… works in Windows 7 Beta as well!

  6. Bobby Joe on 22 Jul 2009 at 10:37 am #

    Yeah, but the taskbar and control panel keep smoothing anyway. So much for “the user is in control” mantra.

  7. JJ on 25 Oct 2009 at 1:48 pm #

    Thank!!!

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