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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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hi guys ive not had aworking comp for nearly a week

anyway finally sorted but my fonts looks completley different than before, i cant find the proper ones i had, can anyone look at the tools,options, fonts, advanced to see what your settings are please..

this is mine, it just looks wrong from before...

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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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thanks, hmm looks better than i had but just looks funny still, dunno why
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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thanks, hmm looks better than i had but just looks funny still, dunno why
Have you changed your screen resolution? Have you zoomed in or something silly like that?
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i dunno whats happened all the text on everything looks thinner and jaggerdy than before...
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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How do i find fonts? I will post up mine if i could find out how
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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just been into screen settings and it shows this


and on advanced its on 96 dpi...dunno if thats what it was before....
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Ignore the above i have found it. Mine is exactly the same as dosent belong
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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Hold ctrl and scroll with the mouse wheel. Does that change anything? Do it on the firefox screen.
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oh right that zooms in and out, never knew that ha thanks, er still dosent look right....
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Have you installed the drivers for your graphics card?

When you scroll down is it all jumpy?
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Assuming you have windows xp go on here and follow the instructions http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/step1.aspx

Do that and tell me if its any better?
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Originally Posted by swebber23
Have you installed the drivers for your graphics card?

When you scroll down is it all jumpy?

Thats assuming you have already done that, sorry should have said
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Oh dear you can tell ive not had much sleep, ive only got to look at your screen shot to see your on xp
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Might want to copy my settings too as my fonts look fine

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Might want to copy my settings too as my fonts look fine

You might want to go back to bed, as you appear to be waffling and repeating what others have said.

Here, have a horlicks on me!
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Originally Posted by doesntbelong
You might want to go back to bed, as you appear to be waffling and repeating what others have said.

Here, have a horlicks on me!

Nobody mentioned my link actually, and if you look at what it is you might even learn something
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Originally Posted by BM08
Nobody mentioned my link actually, and if you look at what it is you might even learn something
B.O, check what I quoted then look 400 nautical miles up the page and you'll see the error of your ways and cry yourself to sleep
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Originally Posted by BM08
Assuming you have windows xp go on here and follow the instructions http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/step1.aspx

Do that and tell me if its any better?


:c lap:

thats better man, thank you got that clear type thing on now, bloody hell what a difference, cheers
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Originally Posted by rik-rs
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thats better man, thank you got that clear type thing on now, bloody hell what a difference, cheers

No problem mate, glad its sorted
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No problem mate, glad its sorted
yeah cheers mate, its like its gone from sketchy pencil to felt tip in terms of how it looks,..

fookin nice one, never knew of that clear type thing before....
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rik-rs
yeah cheers mate, its like its gone from sketchy pencil to felt tip in terms of how it looks,..

fookin nice one, never knew of that clear type thing before....
Yeah its good aint it
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