Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 12:41:16 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 12:41:16 GMT Rev9 4 -4 -1 Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs I've never been a fan of ClearType when I was using my old 15inch 1024x768 notebook. The subpixels were just too big for my taste and the positive effect of subpixel rendering got lost for me. Now I've got a new 14inch notebook with a 1400x1050 resolution. ClearType actually looks fine enough on it for me to give it a try.

The problem is that the new notebook is a TabletPC which means that as soon as I change the screens orientation, the subpixels are in the wrong order and ClearType looks bad. And it doesn't work for vertical orientations.

I don't suppose Windows XP will get an update for this problem, but how about Vista? Will the Vista ClearType be orientation aware? So far I've only tried the Office 2007 Beta 2 and the problem exists there. Is there a way to turn ClearType off in Vista and Office 2007?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/203576#203576 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:28:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/203576#203576 Wolfgang Gallo 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/gallo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs My Tecra M4 (still in repairs for the past 2 months, grrrr) runs with cleartype (at 1400x1050, same as yours) and looks fine in both orientations.

...which I'm pleasantly surprised at, actually.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/8cf604eac7a24f3796419deb017a4ed0#8cf604eac7a24f3796419deb017a4ed0 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:46:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/8cf604eac7a24f3796419deb017a4ed0#8cf604eac7a24f3796419deb017a4ed0 W3bbo 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/W3bbo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs Actually I have a Tecra M4 as well - there's not so many TabletPCs with that display resolution out there Wink Mine has been in repair as well - GPU went too hot Sad Do you have the Toshiba orientation awareness utility installed on your machine or only what comes with windows?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/90931e492b6940ff9bad9deb017a4ef8#90931e492b6940ff9bad9deb017a4ef8 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:56:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/90931e492b6940ff9bad9deb017a4ef8#90931e492b6940ff9bad9deb017a4ef8 Wolfgang Gallo 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/gallo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - ClearType on TabletPCs
gallo wrote:
Actually I have a Tecra M4 as well - there's not so many TabletPCs with that display resolution out there Wink Mine has been in repair as well - GPU went too hot Sad Do you have the Toshiba orientation awareness utility installed on your machine or only what comes with windows?


I removed anything with "Toshiba" in its name when I got the thing (as well as all the other bundleware, but it was nothing compared to what came with my Vaio)

...then I realised I had to re-install Toshiba's Bluetooth stack.

I actually don't know how to restore the accelerometer program, I could probably write a task-switcher program based on it to counter this little meme.

Mine's been in repairs because of a weak display hinge (twice now, first time I fixed it myself).


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/7a89a4b6b12d4535868b9deb017a4f23#7a89a4b6b12d4535868b9deb017a4f23 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:16:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/203576-ClearType-on-TabletPCs/7a89a4b6b12d4535868b9deb017a4f23#7a89a4b6b12d4535868b9deb017a4f23 W3bbo 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/W3bbo/Discussions/RSS