How to Turn On or Off ClearType in Windows 10


ClearType makes the text you see on your displays sharper, clearer, and easier to read.

See also: Improving font rendering in Microsoft Edge | Windows Blogs

This tutorial will show you how to to turn on or off ClearType Text Tuner for each display for your account in Windows 10.



Here's How:

1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type cttune into Run, and click/tap on OK to open ClearType Text Tuner.

2 Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) the Turn on ClearType check box for what you want to do, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

You can quickly check or uncheck Turn on ClearType to see a preview of how your text would look with and without ClearType.

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3 If you have multiple displays, you will be asked to select Yes or No to tune all displays or only one selected dispay, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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4 If your display is not set to it's native screen resolution, then you will be asked to select to change to native resolution or keep current resolution, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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5 Click/tap on the text sample (1 of 5) that looks best to you, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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6 Click/tap on the text sample (2 of 5) that looks best to you, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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7 Click/tap on the text sample (3 of 5) that looks best to you, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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8 Click/tap on the text sample (4 of 5) that looks best to you, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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9 Click/tap on the text sample (5 of 5) that looks best to you, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

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10 If you have multiple displays and selected Yes in step 3 above, then click/tap on Next and go to step 4 above to repeat these steps for your other displays. (see screenshots below)

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11 When finished, click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshots below)

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That's it,
Shawn


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