Anyone else notice that Windows Settings fonts are not be crisp and clean compared to W10, W8, and W7?

Sammy888 · Oct 29, 2022

spapakons said:
What about changing the Windows 10/11 scaling method with the Windows 8 method using Winaero Tweaker or other suitable tool?

While I can't say for certain which one was the culprit, I have experienced unusual behavior with fonts after using this tool and other registry hacks. The only solution was to perform a clean factory re-install of Windows. Neither System Restore, SFC, DISM, Windows Repair fixed the font issues and they didn't resolve the blurry fonts either.

Thomas4 · Jan 3, 2023

Better why, why doesn't stop all work on the next release of Windows, reduce the numbers of XBox only programmers and put them along with the all C-Suite officers in a warehouse without any outside access and get them to fix all of the myriad of problems in Windows 11?
And to help incentivize them, a 1-stall restroom that's locked 23 hrs a day and they need to have someone unlock the door.

imanlien2020 · Jan 3, 2023

Sammy888 said:
Oh yes. It’s disabled.

I have AMD parts so I use the AMD Adrenalin software and tweak a few things there and I also make sure my monitors are set to 144hz. Is 74 the highest yours go?

Sammy888 · Jan 3, 2023

imanlien2020 said:
I have AMD parts so I use the AMD Adrenalin software and tweak a few things there and I also make sure my monitors are set to 144hz. Is 74 the highest yours go?

Sadly yes. 74 is the highest.

To recap. The only method which worked was changing the scaling from W11 default to 150%. But that makes everything so large that viewing at this resolution was unacceptable to me.

imanlien2020 · Jan 3, 2023

Sammy888 said:
Sadly yes. 74 is the highest.

To recap. The only method which worked was changing the scaling from W11 default to 150%. But that makes everything so large that viewing at this resolution was unacceptable to me.

my font still is blurry really and I have everything setup the best it can be. Ughh...windows windows windows, why???..lol

Ghot · Jan 3, 2023

imanlien2020 said:
my font still is blurry really and I have everything setup the best it can be. Ughh...windows windows windows, why???..lol

You can choose another Font. One that's more to your liking... with Winaero Tweaker.
Any font installed in Windows will appear on this list.

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Sammy888 · Jan 3, 2023

imanlien2020 said:
my font still is blurry really and I have everything setup the best it can be. Ughh...windows windows windows, why???..lol

That resonance so much with me, lol.

I'm stuck with microsoft. I tried Linus, I'm not woke or privileged to own a MAC

These days it's more common than ever to denying or gaslighting an issue exists. That way it won't be addressed unless some dominant or influential "body" gets on these corporation's arse to investigate (properly).

Sammy888 · Jan 3, 2023

Ghot said:
You can choose another Font. One that's more to your liking... with Winaero Tweaker.
Any font installed in Windows will appear on this list.

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That's a good suggestion but these tweakers including Startisback have caused me major frustration on so many levels. I gave up on them especially since Microsoft is now more aggressive than ever to keep Windows 11 how they want it to be.

Ghot · Jan 3, 2023

Sammy888 said:
That's a good suggestion but these tweakers including Startisback have caused me major frustration on so many levels. I gave up on them especially since Microsoft is now more aggressive than ever to keep Windows 11 how they want it to be.

The only one I use is Winaero Tweaker, and it's been OK by me.

spapakons · Jan 4, 2023

Have you corrected the ClearType setting? Search for ClearType and run the wizard to adjust ClearType for your monitor. You should see a huge difference in clarity.

spapakons · Jan 4, 2023

Just a thought. Check your monitor controls. Is the picture size, brightness, contrast, Moire filter and anything else that affects the image quality adjusted properly? I would try to reset settings first and then calibrate again.

glasskuter · Jan 4, 2023

It appears you are running in light mode. See if dark mode is better. Also see this post.

Does anyone else have problems with grainy pixelated fonts in explorer in light mode?

Windows 11 release 21H2 22000.194 For 4 days I've been messing with this. I upgraded a 6 month old Dell PC to Windows 11 without a hitch, but afterwards the visuals were a real mess. Fonts were fine in applications but not DARK BLACK which they have always been before. They show up as dark gray...

www.elevenforum.com

Sammy888 · Jan 5, 2023

spapakons said:
Just a thought. Check your monitor controls. Is the picture size, brightness, contrast, Moire filter and anything else that affects the image quality adjusted properly? I would try to reset settings first and then calibrate again.

Checked all that, recalibrated. No change. It's only an issue with W11 (not so much on W10 and not all with W7 using same monitor)

glasskuter said:
It appears you are running in light mode. See if dark mode is better. Also see this post.

Does anyone else have problems with grainy pixelated fonts in explorer in light mode?

Windows 11 release 21H2 22000.194 For 4 days I've been messing with this. I upgraded a 6 month old Dell PC to Windows 11 without a hitch, but afterwards the visuals were a real mess. Fonts were fine in applications but not DARK BLACK which they have always been before. They show up as dark gray...

www.elevenforum.com

No change. I saw that post long ago. It didn't help. I only use dark mode for some websites. Everything looks great in Chrome in "light mode". It's just Windows that's not clear, sharp, or dark(er). Most applications are fine too. Just not Windows menus and their fonts.

spapakons · Jan 5, 2023

If you have an HDR monitor and enabled HDR it is great for games but screws desktop graphics. Try disabling HDR.

imanlien2020 · Jan 5, 2023

spapakons said:
If you have an HDR monitor and enabled HDR it is great for games but screws desktop graphics. Try disabling HDR.

Not sure if I do or not how do I check the monitor for that? I dont even know what all the 5 buttons on the back of each monitor does cause I leave them on and they get turned off via PC shutdown. IId like to try doing it to see if my fonts look great

spapakons · Jan 5, 2023

In Windows 11, go to Settings, Devices, Monitor (or System, Monitor). HDR is in the advanced settings.

imanlien2020 · Jan 5, 2023

spapakons said:
In Windows 11, go to Settings, Devices, Monitor (or System, Monitor). HDR is in the advanced settings.

ok so mine are 1 year old new decent monitors but HDR is listed as Not supported

spapakons · Jan 5, 2023

Check your monitor settings for any visual filters that could affect image quality. For example some TVs have some motion processing algorithms to smooth images.

mart44 · Jan 6, 2023

I was unhappy with text quality when first changing to Windows 11. I changed the system font to one called 'MS Reference Sans Serif' and set the point size for everything to 10. This is on a 1920x1080 native resolution monitor. This made the text better. Text on some websites can still look a bit unclear, so not entirely a system font problem. More noticeable if it's black text against a mid-grey background, .

The image below shows some options in an editing program I have. Two computers on different operating systems and monitors. This is the worst case I can find just to show the difference. It's not as bad as this elsewhere and I've learned to live it. I feel the root cause may be the monitor itself but I could be wrong.

spapakons · Jan 6, 2023

I would first make sure I have the latest official drivers, Windows Update is not always last. For example on my nVidia GTX 1050 Windows Update installs version 4xx.xx while the latest official drivers from nVidia is 5xx.xx Then I would set the screen to its native resolution and set scaling to GPU, not monitor, if applicable. Then I would go to Control Panel, Color Settings and carefully calibrate the monitor gamma and color values. Then I would run the ClearType configuration wizard. This should make text look a lot better.

HDMI or Display Port cables should not be affected, but a low quality or damaged VGA cable can blur your image. Try replacing your cable. Also try a different output.

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