Guest gladel Posted July 15, 2003 Report Posted July 15, 2003 is there any cleartype app of font smoothing method for the smartphone?
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted July 15, 2003 Report Posted July 15, 2003 None yet...(not implemented).
Guest vijay555 Posted July 15, 2003 Report Posted July 15, 2003 Can be done, but only for html based programs for now. The PIE class can be "hacked" to allow cleartype on anything that uses it, but for now, check out lextionary to see what it looks like. IMHO, don't think it's worth the effort, although it looks nice at first, it gets tiring. i keep it off. V
Guest gladel Posted July 16, 2003 Report Posted July 16, 2003 Can be done, but only for html based programs for now. The PIE class can be "hacked" to allow cleartype on anything that uses it, but for now, check out lextionary to see what it looks like. IMHO, don't think it's worth the effort, although it looks nice at first, it gets tiring. i keep it off. V could you tell me how, please?
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted July 16, 2003 Report Posted July 16, 2003 (Cheers for updating me on that... :))
Guest vijay555 Posted July 16, 2003 Report Posted July 16, 2003 Would have to get handle of the html rendering object and change its properties. This is only theoretical, and i'm thick as 2 thick planks, but i read somewhere on the sdk (pocketpc or smartphone, not sure) that the renderer object(obviously) supports cleartype. This is generally a property enabled at design time, not run time. However, if you get the handle, then use one of the API commands, not sure which yet, to toggle the property at run time (from a separate app) , then you could theoretically enable cleartype on any rendering object. Would work something like the window hacker programs that enable "always on top" etc. Will try to look into this more sometime, but i'm very probably just making this up. Need a hacker to do this really, i've never done it in C++, only VB V
Guest vijay555 Posted July 16, 2003 Report Posted July 16, 2003 For the time being, check this out: makes any (local) html page cleartype. V cleartype.zip
Guest madu Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 Regedit: For the phone: HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShell> ClearType - set to 1 For PIE: HKLMSortwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings> ClearTypeText - set to 1 You need to reboot for settings to take effect Enjoy! PS: I prefer to have it off, doesn't look that good. AFAIK: ClearType is designed for laptop TFTs to make it less blurry, but on this phone it doesn't seem to be the case. Though I imagine could be quite good for E100 :)
Guest vijay555 Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 i think it's slightly easier on the eye, but personally i don't like it. I prefer it "uber-weiss", as Ross would say... V
Guest gladel Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 Regedit: For the phone: HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShell> ClearType - set to 1 For PIE: HKLMSortwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings> ClearTypeText - set to 1 You need to reboot for settings to take effect Enjoy! uh, can i request that you could make it as an installable cab file (eg. like midnight's speedboost and speedymenus tweaks and was made as an installable cab file) to make it easier to incorporate over the smartphone (and uninstall it, too!)? :)
Guest madu Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 Re: cab - k, I'll try look into this @ weekend, very short on time these days. :)
Guest Brody Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 hmmm.... my phone's cleartype setting (HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShell> ClearType) was already set to 1!? Weird!
Guest Brody Posted July 17, 2003 Report Posted July 17, 2003 It is very weird as, having set my PIE cleartype setting to 1, I can confirm that i don't like it and that therefore my phone's cleartype setting is obviously not working as it looks nothing like PIE when cleartype is on!!
Guest madu Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 It is very weird as, having set my PIE cleartype setting to 1, I can confirm that i don't like it and that therefore my phone's cleartype setting is obviously not working as it looks nothing like PIE when cleartype is on!! Same here, shell set to 1. And I second that is looks no good. But as promised I gathered all my cab skills and have 4 cabs for you. I am limited here, so no uninstall as such, but different cabs for turning on/off the bloody thing. PS: You must restart for changes to take effect.ClearTypeOS_off.CABClearTypeIE_on.CABClearTypeOS_on.CABClearTypeIE_off.CAB
Guest gladel Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Same here, shell set to 1. And I second that is looks no good. But as promised I gathered all my cab skills and have 4 cabs for you. I am limited here, so no uninstall as such, but different cabs for turning on/off the bloody thing. PS: You must restart for changes to take effect. great! thanks. i'll try to experiment with your cabs. uh, but whats the difference between cleartypeos and cleartypeie? oh, and will choosing xx_off uninstalls the cleartype?
Guest gladel Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Same here, shell set to 1. And I second that is looks no good. But as promised I gathered all my cab skills and have 4 cabs for you. I am limited here, so no uninstall as such, but different cabs for turning on/off the bloody thing. PS: You must restart for changes to take effect. uh, i've finally tried installing your cabs and followed your every procedure... it didn't work!
Guest madu Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Cleartype IE is for Internet Explorer, the other one is for Shell(OS) and this one is ON by default, so wouldn't really make any dufference turning it ON again :) Yes, off should set it to OFF (0)
Guest gladel Posted September 8, 2003 Report Posted September 8, 2003 Cleartype IE is for Internet Explorer, the other one is for Shell(OS) and this one is ON by default, so wouldn't really make any dufference turning it ON again :) Yes, off should set it to OFF (0) On second try... it worked! ClearType in Internet Explorer worked!! Thanks, mon. Uh, what about the OS? Will Inbox/SMS, Contacts, Calendar and Tasks also have the same results?
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