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the font is not the same I had with Internet explorer

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The font displayed on the web pages is not very pleasant to read, compare to the one I am used to having in Internet explorer. I have just switch to Firefox, and I think that this problem will become an issue in the long run.

The font displayed on the web pages is not very pleasant to read, compare to the one I am used to having in Internet explorer. I have just switch to Firefox, and I think that this problem will become an issue in the long run.

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You can enable ClearType system wide for all programs to make other programs like Firefox use it.

Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"

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You can enable ClearType system wide for all programs to make other programs like Firefox use it.

Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"