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Wildefire Walcott

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02-28-2009 22:43

This appears to be different from the font issues some people have been talking about lately. I am very familiar with the corrupted fonts on the menu bar, but on this new notebook with Intel graphics at my screen's native resolution, the text in a lot of UI elements in the viewer is so chunky it's almost unreadable. Ironically my menu bar looks just fine (except for search).

Does anyone know how to fix this? The picture shows that only some text is messed up.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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02-28-2009 23:04

What operating system?

Do you have the latest video drivers?

You might try changing the UI Size slightly, and checking and unchecking the Use resolution independent scale.

Those are just off the top of the head guesses.

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Paola Delpaso

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02-28-2009 23:07

I had the same problem on a wide screen laptop. I solved it by increasing FontScreenDPI fom 96 to 100 in the Debug Settings.

Rhaorth Antonelli

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03-01-2009 00:43

I have that same problem on my laptop, have not used the laptop since I was in the hospital.

I should boot it up and try the fix mentioned above and see if that helps.

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Wildefire Walcott

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03-01-2009 02:25

Crazy. Apparently UI size 0.975 is the magic number for my system. It was originally 1.0 (at 1.0 the fonts were messed up). Never played with that setting before.

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Atashi Toshihiko

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03-01-2009 04:55

I don't know if this is useful info or not, but most of my SL font-rendering problems seem to have gone away when I swapped out their default fonts for some other ones. Specifically, the fontset that is used by the Imprudence viewer. I like the look of those fonts better, it was later that I realized that I hadn't noticed any font rendering problems in some time...

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03-01-2009 05:02

I have always had font problems in SL unless I uncheck the resolution-independent scale box. On both nVidia and ATI graphics. Not as extreme as this example, but bad enough to make them annoying.

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03-03-2009 13:03

That's exactly what my Dell widescreen laptop looks like in SL. I always just lived with it. I'll tweak the UI and see if it fixes mine, too.

Thanks for the post.

How to fix fonts in the SL Viewer?
Wildefire Walcott Heartbreaking Join date: 8 Nov 2005 Posts: 2,156	02-28-2009 22:43 This appears to be different from the font issues some people have been talking about lately. I am very familiar with the corrupted fonts on the menu bar, but on this new notebook with Intel graphics at my screen's native resolution, the text in a lot of UI elements in the viewer is so chunky it's almost unreadable. Ironically my menu bar looks just fine (except for search). Does anyone know how to fix this? The picture shows that only some text is messed up. _____________________ Desperation Isle Estates: Great prices, great neighbors, great service! http://desperationisle.blogspot.com/ New Desperation Isle: The prettiest BDSM Playground and Fetish Mall in SL! http://desperationisle.com/ Desperation Isle Productions: Skyboxes for lots (and budgets) of all sizes!
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	02-28-2009 23:04 What operating system? Do you have the latest video drivers? You might try changing the UI Size slightly, and checking and unchecking the Use resolution independent scale. Those are just off the top of the head guesses. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Paola Delpaso Hippie Chick Join date: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 273	02-28-2009 23:07 I had the same problem on a wide screen laptop. I solved it by increasing FontScreenDPI fom 96 to 100 in the Debug Settings.
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	03-01-2009 00:43 I have that same problem on my laptop, have not used the laptop since I was in the hospital. I should boot it up and try the fix mentioned above and see if that helps. _____________________ From: someone Morpheus Linden: But then I change avs pretty often too, so often, I look nothing like my avatar. They are taking away the forums... it could be worse, they could be taking away the forums AND Second Life...
Wildefire Walcott Heartbreaking Join date: 8 Nov 2005 Posts: 2,156	03-01-2009 02:25 Crazy. Apparently UI size 0.975 is the magic number for my system. It was originally 1.0 (at 1.0 the fonts were messed up). Never played with that setting before. _____________________ Desperation Isle Estates: Great prices, great neighbors, great service! http://desperationisle.blogspot.com/ New Desperation Isle: The prettiest BDSM Playground and Fetish Mall in SL! http://desperationisle.com/ Desperation Isle Productions: Skyboxes for lots (and budgets) of all sizes!
Atashi Toshihiko Frequently Befuddled Join date: 7 Dec 2006 Posts: 1,423	03-01-2009 04:55 I don't know if this is useful info or not, but most of my SL font-rendering problems seem to have gone away when I swapped out their default fonts for some other ones. Specifically, the fontset that is used by the Imprudence viewer. I like the look of those fonts better, it was later that I realized that I hadn't noticed any font rendering problems in some time... -Atashi _____________________ Visit Atashi's Art and Oddities Store and the Waikiti Motor Works at beautiful Waikiti.
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	03-01-2009 05:02 I have always had font problems in SL unless I uncheck the resolution-independent scale box. On both nVidia and ATI graphics. Not as extreme as this example, but bad enough to make them annoying. _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore
Lolita Pro www.PhotosByLolita.com Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 273	03-03-2009 13:03 That's exactly what my Dell widescreen laptop looks like in SL. I always just lived with it. I'll tweak the UI and see if it fixes mine, too. Thanks for the post.

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