Drop Shadow on fonts

Greetings,

It's been a while since I've been onso apologies for any ambiguous statements.

As the title indicatesI am having issues with the drop shadows on my fonts and I need to disable this feature. I do have some visual issues that make it very difficult for me to read such a tweak. ApparentlyI have accidentally hit a setting which I can not seem to locate.

I have tried the "Remove drop shadow" box in the performance section with no success. AdditionallyI attempted to access the key in Registry Editorbut that setting was already at "0". After each attempt (even though the registry editor was not touched) I rebooted and still the problem exists. With this problemI sometimes need to look at the screen at an angle a bit close-up; this tends to be rather annoying rather quickly. Needless to sayI should be a bit more careful and attentivebut that doesn't solve this problem. Henceany and all suggestions are appreciated.

Cheers,
Jake

Thanks for the quick response.

As I mentionedI rebooted after each change I made in the attempts to fix the problem.

As far as contextthe shadows appear entirely through the appsgiven the colors are not darkat which point they don't seem visible to me. ButI see the shadows in MS Accessthe desktop screensettingsFirefox and other apps. I can't say all because I have not tried them all; stillthe problem seems pervasive. Short of digging into several screenshotsI can say that the "shadow" appears as a white outline around a black text.

In searching these archivesI did see a post from a long time ago with a similar issue and the term used was "blur." Nowwhat the user meant by blur may or may not mean the same problem. That is something above my level of expertise (?). I hope this helps.

One last note: While I got to the settings mentioned online on various websitesthe layout and headings they used did not show in my settings panels. HoweverI did reachas I saidthe desired setting location and made the changes. That includes the tutorial that was suggested. I did all of thatincluding the registry.

Jake

Here is the screenshot. I tried the Clear Font settingbut that didn't workeither.

See what you think. It is from Firefox.

J

That is anti-aliasingin Windows that comes under guise of ClearType.
In conjunction with your colour scheme in Firefox.

Either go through the ClearType tuning or switch it off.

Settings > Personalisation > Fonts > Adjust ClearType text.
Also try:
Settings > System > About > Advanced system settings > Advanced Tab > Performance > settings > Visual Effects > Smooth edges of screen fontstry Off and On(tick) Apply OK.
Seems to be another place for ClearType Off/On switch.

Exit and Start applications again to take effect.

The colour scheme you have in your Firefox Bookmarks bar makes it more difficult for ClearType tuning which has a white background to text on the tuning screens.

"I tried the Clear Font settingbut that didn't workeither."
These things must have an effect unless Firefox has become Direfoxor you have not re-started applications etc.

jake7363 said:

ApparentlyI have accidentally hit a setting which I can not seem to locate.

... I see the shadows in MS Accessthe desktop screensettingsFirefox and other apps. I can't say all because I have not tried them all; stillthe problem seems pervasive.

The fact you're seeing it in a lot of placesis it possible you've set the monitors sharpness too high?

I can create a somewhat similar effect when I set mine to 100%.

Apologies for the delay in response (health issues).
Due to the unintended ambiguity on my partit was obvious that I didn't give anyone sufficient information to get the scope of the problem. Howeverrecently I did some toying with it and found some accidental resolutions. I'm not sure if one or all of them were neededbut I discovered the "Clear type" setting had to be readjusted (as mentioned by one of you) plus I had the transparency setting on. After I took care of those two itemsI also tweaked my colors and ultimately got the screen to look fairly close to what I like. I will settle for that.

Thanks to all for your input and efforts; your time is appreciated.

Cheers,
Jake

(NowI have developed another issue that came up that I need to post.)