<![CDATA[Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?)]]>Hey there,
I found that since 6.7.9(.2?) the text of a document is anti-aliased. This makes it harder to read as the text appears not that sharp anymore. This is mostly recognized when I execute NP++ on my Windows server and connect with RDP. Is there any setting to turn anti-aliasing off? Or the function which is causing this blurred text?

Thanks in advance!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/9/text-anti-aliased-since-6-7-9-2RSS for NodeSun, 12 Jul 2026 05:21:23 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2015 08:59:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:53:36 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/103373https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/103373Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:53:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:22:52 GMT]]>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 ?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/666https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/666Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:22:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Sun, 12 Jul 2015 04:24:34 GMT]]>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

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/338https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/338Sun, 12 Jul 2015 04:24:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:13:29 GMT]]>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

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/324https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/324Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:13:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:08:11 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/321https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/321Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:46:59 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/260https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/260Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:18:09 GMT]]>@jonandr Thanks for taking care of it quite quick. When can we expect the release approx.?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/258https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/258Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:18:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:42:48 GMT]]>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).

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/236https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/236Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:31:13 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:31:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:26:54 GMT]]>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 ?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/89https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/89Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:26:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:25:43 GMT]]>This bug should be fixed in next version.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:25:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:31:34 GMT]]>A workaround here:

Optimize font quality for LCD
Disable Clear Type in v6.7.9

Regards.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:31:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Text anti-aliased since 6.7.9(.2?) on Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:45:44 GMT]]>Same here. The text is blurry as if Cleartype is being forced on. How do we turn it off?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:45:44 GMT