About fonts > ClearType information ClearType Tuner Step 1: Turn on ClearType With Windows, ClearType delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. ClearType improves readability on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved. Windows 7 users should use the built-in ClearType tuner found in the Windows Control Panel under Appearance and Personalization to adjust their ClearType settings. Windows Vista users should use the online tuner found on this page to turn on and tune their ClearType settings from Internet Explorer. The tuner should be used with Internet Explorer because it depends on an ActiveX control. Alternatively, users can download the Windows PowerToy version of the tuner.
	Use the check box below to turn ClearType on or off. ClearType is on by default in Windows Vista. Once you have turned ClearType on, please click "Next" to tune your ClearType settings.
	Turn on ClearType

	About fonts > ClearType information ClearType Tuner Step 2: Select ClearType configuration Select the text sample that looks best to you, then click "Next" to proceed to Step 3.
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	About fonts > ClearType information ClearType Tuner Step 3: Tune ClearType settings Select the text sample that looks best to you, and then click 'Finish'. This will save how ClearType looks on your Windows Vista or XP system and take you to step 4, where you can view text samples displayed using your new settings.

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Step 4: View your new ClearType settings

Your selected ClearType settings have now been applied. The sample text below is specified using fonts commonly installed on Windows to show how text is now being displayed on your system. You can return to Step 3 to change your settings at any time.

Sample text

This is Verdana, a font designed for maximum on-screen legibility and readability. Verdana was designed by world renowned type designer Matthew Carter, and hand-hinted by leading hinting expert, Ascender's Tom Rickner. Verdana can be found specified on thousands of popular Web sites and is also commonly used in e-mail.

This is Georgia. Released in 1996, Georgia is another font designed with on-screen legibility and readability in mind. Like Verdana, Georgia was designed by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner.

This is Arial, one of the original Windows core fonts. The font is a popular choice for business documents, and is widely used on the Web and e-mail. The design of Arial is credited to the Monotype Drawing Office.

This is Trebuchet MS. Trebuchet, named after a medieval catapult, was designed and hinted by Vincent Connare.

This is Comic Sans MS. Based on comic book writing the font remains a huge fan favorite. It is used on a surprisingly large number of Web sites of all types. Comic Sans MS was also designed and hinted by Vincent Connare.

This is Palatino Linotype, Microsoft's version of the classic text face designed by Hermann Zapf.

This is Times New Roman, another one of the original Windows core fonts. Times New Roman is commonly used in business documents, email and is the fall-back font for most Web browsers.

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