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« on: July 21, 2008, 09:37:54 PM »
on my LCD screen, ClearType is very useful when i am reading on-screen however this feature is not the best when it comes to fixed-width fonts. so whenever i'm doing some programming work, i need to disable the feature quickly, hence this tiny tool.

QuickType is a utility that sits in the systray for quick and easy toggling of the ClearType settings system-wide. my only wish is that it can do command-line toggling, that way i can call it up to toggle the setting and quit.

Note: it needs .Net framework, though.


• http://www.dotdeekay.dk/quicktype/
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 10:27:49 PM »
ClearTweak is much better, set it to 1000 it looks much better than the default microsoft cleartype.

it can also minimize to tray for quick access to various setting.

and no .net craps.
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2008, 03:23:01 PM »
Quote from: lanux128 on July 21, 2008, 09:37:54 PM
my only wish is that it can do command-line toggling, that way i can call it up to toggle the setting and quit.

lanux,

You are welcome to a copy of my command-line font smoothing program. You use it like this:

fs on/off c/s contrast

Examples
Turn font smoothing on, set it to ClearType, and set the contrast to 1000:
fs on c 1000

Turn font smoothing on, set it to Standard:
fs on s

Turn font smoothing off:
fs off

It is written in my favorite language - PureBasic (http://www.purebasic.com).
It's less than 4KB (right, KB!) and is absolutely free of mal-ware, nag-ware, ad-ware, viruses, etc.

Regards,
Eric
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2008, 06:23:53 AM »
thanks Eric. the command-line feature is exactly what i was looking for! Thmbsup
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