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    • StefanS
      Stefan
      last edited by

      Just downgraded to 6.7.8.2 because of that. What version is expected to have the fix included ? And will it bring the old behavior or some kind of compromise ?

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      • jonandrJ
        jonandr @Stefan
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        @Stefan The fix was merged yesterday so it should be included in the next version. The program will not go back entirely to the old behavior. There is a system-wide “use ClearType” setting (can be found somewhere in the control panel). If this setting is turned on, then the program will use ClearType, otherwise it won’t.

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        • Simon CollisS
          Simon Collis
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          I’m glad this is fixed. Cleartype gives me a headache, always has, and I have to disable it system wide (well, if I want to continue to be employed, anyway).

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          • Sebastian BlockS
            Sebastian Block @jonandr
            last edited by

            @jonandr Thanks for taking care of it quite quick. When can we expect the release approx.?

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            • jonandrJ
              jonandr @Sebastian Block
              last edited by

              @Sebastian-Block don’t know exactly when, the maintainer is on vacation right now so it’s probably going to be at least a couple of weeks.

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              • BzzzB
                Bzzz @jonandr
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                @jonandr said:
                the maintainer is on vacation right now

                Break stuff (by accepting bad code) and then leave for vacation, that’s always a great way to make friends with everyone :)

                Well anyways, glad people actually care about proper, crisp font rendering. And if that guy is able to break the Windows BlurryType setting for NPP with just two lines of code, it should also be possible to implement the fontQuality property in a menu that lets the user decide which one to use, independent of the system settings. Ultra-low priority wishlist item…as I may stay downgraded until fixed for as long as I like.

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                • guy038G
                  guy038
                  last edited by guy038

                  Hello, All,

                  Come on ! It’s not worth moaning about. Let’s stay positive !

                  So, In the meanwhile, you can get back to the default font quality :

                  • With the Yaron’s solution, using the Python script plugin, valid for both views, in the start.py python file

                  http://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331754/thread/59cc8389#cf5b

                  • With my own solution, using the NppExec plugin, valid for current view, in the Npp Exec Console dialog

                  http://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331754/thread/59cc8389#ee6e

                  Again, it’ll give us the opportunity to use these two very powerful N++ plugins !


                  However, I agree that an option, about font Quality, in N++ settings, would be nice :-)

                  Best regards,

                  guy038

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                  • jayJ
                    jay
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                    For reference here’s what it looks like on a computer where I have cleartype disabled because it doesn’t display well (I can see colors in the fonts):
                    http://i.imgur.com/SUnfitq.png
                    It may look just fine to everyone else though.

                    The fix is at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/759fc1b
                    Thanks @jonandr

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                    • StefanS
                      Stefan
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                      I just tested with 6.8. Enabling / Disabling windows clear type will change how the N++ menu is displayed but not where i read and edit the document. The “Enable smooth font” switch does nothing on my machine. “SCI_SENDMSG 2611 1” in NPPExec does help but is not persistent. This is really frustrating… Am i doing something wrong ?

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                        tordenflesk @Stefan
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                        @Stefan said in Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?):

                        I just tested with 6.8. Enabling / Disabling windows clear type will change how the N++ menu is displayed but not where i read and edit the document. The “Enable smooth font” switch does nothing on my machine. “SCI_SENDMSG 2611 1” in NPPExec does help but is not persistent. This is really frustrating… Am i doing something wrong ?

                        Thank you!

                        Still an issue 10+ years later… Luckily NPPExec supports running scripts on startup:
                        https://i.imgur.com/DC94mqV.png

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