Inconsistent Font display between different monitors

I'm having a display issue with the fonts I use in my app.
I originally uses MS Sans Serif 8pts for my data controls.
Running the app on some PC's the display was fine, but on some it was
choppy.
I changed to Arial 8pt which displays great on some, but way too small on
others.

The displays are all 1024X768 small fonts.

Can anybody explain to me why the fonts are not displayed consistently?
Has anybody else experienced this and how do you handle this in your apps?

Thanks for any help.

Jim K.

"Jim K" <krusej@megsinet.net> wrote in message
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> I'm having a display issue with the fonts I use in my app.
> I originally uses MS Sans Serif 8pts for my data controls.
> Running the app on some PC's the display was fine, but on some it was
> choppy.
> I changed to Arial 8pt which displays great on some, but way too small on
> others.
>
> The displays are all 1024X768 small fonts.
>
> Can anybody explain to me why the fonts are not displayed consistently?
> Has anybody else experienced this and how do you handle this in your apps?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim K.
>

Not to be too flippant - but now you know why some monitors sell for $69 and
others for $999 and why some graphics cards are 'free' and others are
considerably more.

-ralph

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:30:04 -0500, "Jim K" <krusej@megsinet.net>
wrote:

>I'm having a display issue with the fonts I use in my app.
>I originally uses MS Sans Serif 8pts for my data controls.
>Running the app on some PC's the display was fine, but on some it was
>choppy.
>I changed to Arial 8pt which displays great on some, but way too small on
>others.
>
>The displays are all 1024X768 small fonts.
>
>Can anybody explain to me why the fonts are not displayed consistently?
>Has anybody else experienced this and how do you handle this in your apps?

Could be a case of ClearType (IIRC it's enabled by default in XP)
making some fonts look a lot better by comparison. For example
"Microsoft Sans Serif" vs the old standby "MS Sans Serif". Better
hardware, as Ralph suggested, makes the difference even more
noticable.

-Tom
MVP - Visual Basic
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"Tom Esh" <tjeshGibberish@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:30:04 -0500, "Jim K" <krusej@megsinet.net>
> wrote:
> 
apps?
>
> Could be a case of ClearType (IIRC it's enabled by default in XP)
> making some fonts look a lot better by comparison. For example
> "Microsoft Sans Serif" vs the old standby "MS Sans Serif". Better
> hardware, as Ralph suggested, makes the difference even more
> noticable.
>
> -Tom
> MVP - Visual Basic
> (please post replies to the newsgroup)

Good point.

I should have been more helpful and suggested playing around with another
font. Not all fonts are created equal or rendered 'exactly' the same.

Isn't there something called/sounds-like "TinyPrint" floating around that
does a rather magical job at very small sizes?

-ralph

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:54:25 -0500, "Ralph"
<msnews.20.nt_consulting32@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>...Not all fonts are created equal or rendered 'exactly' the same.

>Isn't there something called/sounds-like "TinyPrint" floating around that
>does a rather magical job at very small sizes?

It's amazing how some can look awful on good monitor without some help
from ClearType. I use a digital FP which I love but without some sort
of artificial blur many of the old favorites and smaller fonts really
show their dirty laundry. I remember replacing a severely aged CRT
once and being shocked at how everything I thought was Bold type
suddenly looked wimpy. Those old CRTs hid a lot of "uglies".  :-)


-Tom
MVP - Visual Basic
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Is there a possibility that the font you are using dis not installed
on the PC where you are seeing the bad looking font?

I have frequently seen PC's where MS Sans Serif was not present and so
the PC running the program grabs what it thinks is then next "closest"
font and substitutes it.  I now install any fonts that my application
uses as a regular part of the program installation.

Tom Esh <tjeshGibberish@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<0d63o0l9drk1g3b1ohludtq6oim85
4kde6@4ax.com>...
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:54:25 -0500, "Ralph"
> <msnews.20.nt_consulting32@spamgourmet.com> wrote: 
> 
>
> It's amazing how some can look awful on good monitor without some help
> from ClearType. I use a digital FP which I love but without some sort
> of artificial blur many of the old favorites and smaller fonts really
> show their dirty laundry. I remember replacing a severely aged CRT
> once and being shocked at how everything I thought was Bold type
> suddenly looked wimpy. Those old CRTs hid a lot of "uglies".  :-)
>
>
> -Tom
> MVP - Visual Basic
> (please post replies to the newsgroup)