Enable Font Smoothing (All Windows)

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Enable Font Smoothing (All Windows)
Category: Home > Windows > Appearance > Fonts and Icons

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This setting controls whether fonts are anti-aliased to appear smoother when displayed within Windows.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "FontSmoothing" and set it to "2" to enable font smoothing or "0" to disable it.

Log off or restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: Font smoothing is only effective when using high color video modes.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
FontSmoothing	REG_SZ	"2"


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
Name: FontSmoothing
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 2 = enabled)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: November 1, 2000

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