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Font Rendering in Visual Studio 2010 RC

February 12th 2010

I have to admit, I havent used Visual Studio 2010 much, and only recently have I made an effort to switch to it as my daily editor. One thing Ive noticed is the font rendering in Visual Studio 2010 is a bit bolder than in 2008.

Here we have Visual Studio 2008 on the left and Visual Studio 2010 RC on the right. Both using similar font settings (Monaco 10pt)

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Its easy to see how the fonts in 2010 (on the right) look bolder and a bit blurry. From what Ive read, WPF has had problem with Clear Type font rendering. This is the first WPF application I use with any appreciation. 

Windows 7 has a tool to help you tune your Clear Type settings. Just type clear type into the start search bar, and you should find the tool. It only takes a few moments, and the outcome was pretty surprising. Ive very happy with the results after the calibration.

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