[AccessD] Strange font

Debbie,

I see what you mean. In fact I see i, and j as well as l showing up apparently dimmer. This is an artifact of using the so called 'ClearType' effect.

Open the windows desktop display properties sheet and select the 'Appearance' tab. The click the 'Effects' button on that tab. On the effects dialog you have the option to use a choice of methods to 'smooth edges of screen fonts' or to turn if off altogether. On my system the options are off (check box cleared) or 'Standard' and 'ClearType'. If you select 'Standard' or clear the checkbox then the issue goes away without having to change anything in your application.

On the other had if you want to do a global change of font in your application, you can do that in a snap using Rich Fisher's Find and Replace.

Lambert

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:48 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Strange font

It has been brought to my attention that i and l look dimmer than other letters in text boxes. I have narrowed this problem down to the calibri font and letters or symbols with no horizontal elements. Has anyone ever seen this before?  Better yet, has anyone found a solution that does not involve changing the font over a very arge database?

All this is in 2007 version.

Debbie

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