kimatg Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Here's the package for what I'm using. It includes the setting I'm using now, and also replaced the freetype.dll to the most recent one (I think) since downloading. GDI__.zip Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589986424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted October 18, 2008 Veteran Share Posted October 18, 2008 How does this work, just a exe running in the background? Is it applied to explorer too? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589986492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimatg Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 extract the folder to somewhere, run the gditray.exe in there and right click the icon on the traybar to enable the thing. It's just a single exe running in background. For me, explorer is not getting hooked because probably I'm using a 64-bit vista, but I think if all apps are 32-bit they should be getting font smoothing work fine. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589986516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarLion Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) Tried your INI settings, having a hell of a time getting this to look good. Most fonts go fuzzy and thinner ones get turned from black to gray. Edited October 18, 2008 by StarLion Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589986906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimatg Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Okay, don't know how or why it suddenly worked, but it just worked. Finally succeded in replacing Gulim with a better prettier korean font. :p Maybe sometimes it needs some occasional log-outs and log-ins..-_-;; Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589993750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I've just run GDI++ and everything looks great, except for one thing: my Pidgin somehow has extra boldness to its fonts. Can anyone help me with this? Here's an image to show you what I mean: Scirwode Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589995734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 loving it.. Although I can see some fuzzy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589996150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted October 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted October 20, 2008 I've just run GDI++ and everything looks great, except for one thing: my Pidgin somehow has extra boldness to its fonts. Can anyone help me with this? Here's an image to show you what I mean: Scirwode GTK apps should use Pango/Freetype, try excluding them from GDI++ Edit: Actually, If they're using Pango/Freetype, they should never be affected by hooking the GDI calls, that's strange. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589996170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 GTK apps should use Pango/Freetype, try excluding them from GDI++Edit: Actually, If they're using Pango/Freetype, they should never be affected by hooking the GDI calls, that's strange. The problem is even when I add for exclusion, it still doesn't work. Scirwode Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-589998756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seager Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Looks great but the start menu doesnt seem to cache so everytime i open it the fonts are not smoothed until i click all programs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I'm waiting for DirectWrite to get implemented... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seager Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I'm waiting for DirectWrite to get implemented... DirectWrite? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Mick Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I wonder if this works on Windows 2000? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 DirectWrite? http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/ Very interesting presentation. (skip to 16.30 for DirectWrite demo and 22.38 for an even better look) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted November 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2008 I wonder if this works on Windows 2000? I guess not, because Windows 2000 doesn't use Cleartype. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted November 16, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 16, 2008 http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/Very interesting presentation. (skip to 16.30 for DirectWrite demo and 22.38 for an even better look) Looks pretty good, I hope that gets a wide release for everyone. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seager Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I guess not, because Windows 2000 doesn't use Cleartype. I found this on some GDI++ website: 推奨動作環境 * Windows 2000またはXP以降(Vistaやx64版は未確認) * 動作クロック周波数が1GHz以上のCPU * 512MB以上のメモリ So maybe it does work on 2000. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyapple Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 probably, yes: "Minimum system requirements * Windows 2000 or XP or later (Vista x64 Edition and unconfirmed) * Operating clock frequency of more than 1GHz CPU * 512MB of memory or more" from google translate anyway, with GDI++ Vista looks little bit better :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590133714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtype Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I've been getting the same sort of problems when I'm trying to substitute fonts.But it's strange, cause the [FontSubstitutes] works fine for settings like Segoe UI=Lucida Grande but not Arial=Helvetica 55 Roman, which makes all the arial text jumbled like the screenshot above. same thing when trying to replace my ugly system korean fonts, any of these eng/kor fontname variations 굴림=맑은 고딕/ 굴림=Malgun Gothic/ Gulim=Malgun Gothic/ Gulim=맑은 고딕 would make the text get scrambled. Some other korean people on the web seem to get it work correctly, but i don't know why it's not working for me :( And about GDI++ on 64-bit.. yea after reading some of the previous posts It looks like the assumption that only 32-bit apps are hooked is correct. I'm using Vista x64, and IE 32-bit gets smooth fonts all right but not the 64-bit IE. windows shell and Sidebar doesn't get smooth fonts either. Strange thing is, apps like Notepad sometimes gets hooked and sometimes not. And I noticed that when more than one notepads are open, only one of em is font-smoothed. a single explorer window very randomly seems to get hooked but not all of them again. @_@ My heads hurt.. PS: my current setting: [General] Name=H1/A2/L2/OD1-Kimatg20081018 Icon=%systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-155 HookChildProcesses=1 HintingMode=1 AntiAliasMode=2 MaxHeight=0 WidthMode=0 FontLoader=0 GammaMode=0 GammaValue=1.3 RenderWeight=1.0 Contrast=1.0 TextTuning=0 TextTuningR=-1 TextTuningG=-1 TextTuningB=-1 NormalWeight=6 BoldWeight=6 ItalicSlant=0 LcdFilter=2 LoadOnDemand=1 CacheMaxFaces=16 CacheMaxSizes=16 CacheMaxBytes=5242880 FontSubstitutes=2 UseMapping=1 FontLink=0 BolderMode=0 [Individual] [Exclude] Marlett [ExcludeModule] photoshop.exe gom.exe gomencmain.exe msnmsgr.exe [FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"="Lucida Grande" +and screenshot thanks for the settings....still a bit more blurry on my monitor. Is this bad for my eyes? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590135718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulltrail-old Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Looks great, thank you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590150020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dombev Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 can someone check the GDI++ - Virgin PC Guard alerted me that this was a virus - http://free.flop.jp/gdi++/src/gdi0870.zip gdi0870.zip Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590161094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm waiting for DirectWrite to get implemented... You'll be waiting a long time, maybe when Windows 7 is actually close to being finished they might be able to start. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590161178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulltrail-old Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Yes, that's pretty much it.This was posted by someone on another forum, which I found yesterday. This is much better as it's better configured than downloading the version on that site, and the titlebar fonts don't screw up, for example. http://rapidshare.com/files/119658343/GDI__.zip.html Here is a preview (I took this earlier when discussing this on IRC) Amazing. Thank you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590185088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix-76 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Gentlemen, am an absolute newbie here. Any update on the latest version of GDI++ available for download? Am noticing 2 primary issues with GDI++: 1. Opening attachments in MS Outlook & 2. FT_opentype_validate entry point not found in freetype.dll. The versions I'm currently on are: 1. Windows Vista Ultimate with an Intel 965 Graphics adapter & 2. GdiTray Version 1.0.2008.0808 / GDI++.DLL Version 8.1.2008.0808 Any pointers in this regard is highly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-590866904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloq Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 o wow firefox sites look freakin sexy on this GDI thing sadly my titlebar is crooked Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/639471-how-do-i-replace-cleartype-with-os-xs-lookalike/page/4/#findComment-591152612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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