quality of fonts in win 10

Have you tried updating the screen drivers?


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Have you run the clear-type wizard to see if that helps?

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These come across from Windows 8, perhaps there might be a clue or two in them?


Horrible Windows 8 Font Rendering

Blurry Text in Windows 8



Also see this.


"Can you locate the exe file of R?


Then you can open the properies dialog of that exe file and see if you have a Compatibility property page. If yes, try to check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings". Apply the changes and restart R. Is it still blurry?"



[Fix] Bold, Blurry or Hard to Read Font Problem in Windows 8.1


Makes fonts look 1,0000 times better in Windows 8

GDipp Customizable Windows text renderers


cleartype + hardware acceleration = blurry text

Disable anti-aliasing for some fonts in Windows 8

It looks a bit like the result of several "font security fixes" we've seen from time to time for many versions of Windows.

Thanks for all the suggestions. The clear type wizard didn't change the problem. My screen drivers are up to date.
What's interesting (see attachment)is that in the screen on the left the font is fine but in the screen on the right is fuzzy. Both screen were in response to opening up windows Explorer.

Did you wade through the suggestions I posted? Was there anything in there that didn't involve "Clear Type"?


How to: Rollback to a previous version of Windows from Windows 10


How to rollback Windows 10 after 30 days limit



Retrieve files from the Windows.old folder


Reset Windows 10


Refresh Windows 10



Microsoft Will Now Let Windows 10 Upgraders Use Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 Product Key to Activate


Clean Install Windows 10


Perhaps your machine would have benefitted from a Clean Install of Windows 10? That way it would not have to carry across the excess baggage from earlier Windows?


Can I clean re-install Windows 10 after upgrading?

All the suggestions refer to when ALL the fonts are off. My issue is that for the most part the fonts are fine which I assume means clear font is doing its job but occassionally I get those odd fonts. I can't tie it down to any particular application.

Do you see the same problem when viewing from Safe Mode?

Do you run Anti Virus software such as Kaspersky?


How to start Windows 8, or 10, in Safe Mode



How to perform a clean boot in Windows


How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8, or Windows 10.

I tried a safe mode reboot but hit a snag. I need a password (not Microsoft login) which I cant remember. I tried a few suggestions from google but none seem to get me past that blockag.

Any suggestions?

Can you enable the Built-in Administrator (from a Normal Mode Command Prompt) which might have a Blank Password and Logon with that in to Safe Mode?

net user administrator /active:yes


How to Enable or Disable the Built-in Elevated "Administrator" Account Windows 8

How to enable the hidden Windows 10 administrator account


You could just create a Local User when in Normal Mode and use that for Safe Mode.

Create a user account Windows 8.1 or 10


There is some help toward the end of this post if it gets too complicated when creating users in Windows 10.

How to remove Local account



Can your Microsoft Account log in to "Safe Mode with Networking"? You might have to wait a few minutes for the User to appear on that Login Screen.

Cannot log in my account in safe mode in Windows 8.1

Ok. I really appreciate your patience and help. Have set up and administrator account and can get into safe mode. As far as I can tell the font issue does not appear in safe mode.

So now you have provisionally isolated the cause to either a corrupted user profile, or something that is running in Normal Mode but not in Safe Mode.

What happens if you create another user and test with that?


Create a user account Windows 8.1 or 10


There is some help toward the end of this post if it gets too complicated when creating users in Windows 10.

How to remove Local account



Try isolating other causes via the Clean Boot procedure.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.

I'm not sure what has happened but the problem seems to have disappeared.If it comes back I'll be in touch. Thanks for your help.