Drop Shadow on fonts

Greetings,

It's been a while since I've been on, so apologies for any ambiguous statements.

As the title indicates, I 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. Apparently, I 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. Additionally, I attempted to access the key in Registry Editor, but 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 problem, I sometimes need to look at the screen at an angle a bit close-up; this tends to be rather annoying rather quickly. Needless to say, I should be a bit more careful and attentive, but that doesn't solve this problem. Hence, any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Cheers,
Jake

Thanks for the quick response.

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

As far as context, the shadows appear entirely through the apps, given the colors are not dark, at which point they don't seem visible to me. But, I see the shadows in MS Access, the desktop screen, settings, Firefox and other apps. I can't say all because I have not tried them all; still, the problem seems pervasive. Short of digging into several screenshots, I can say that the "shadow" appears as a white outline around a black text.

In searching these archives, I did see a post from a long time ago with a similar issue and the term used was "blur." Now, what 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 websites, the layout and headings they used did not show in my settings panels. However, I did reach, as I said, the desired setting location and made the changes. That includes the tutorial that was suggested. I did all of that, including the registry.

Jake

Here is the screenshot. I tried the Clear Font setting, but that didn't work, either.

See what you think. It is from Firefox.

J

That is anti-aliasing, in 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 fonts, try 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 setting, but that didn't work, either."
These things must have an effect unless Firefox has become Direfox, or you have not re-started applications etc.

jake7363 said:

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

... I see the shadows in MS Access, the desktop screen, settings, Firefox and other apps. I can't say all because I have not tried them all; still, the problem seems pervasive.

The fact you're seeing it in a lot of places, is 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 part, it was obvious that I didn't give anyone sufficient information to get the scope of the problem. However, recently I did some toying with it and found some accidental resolutions. I'm not sure if one or all of them were needed, but 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 items, I 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

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