Re: Ugly W32 display bug - fontified letters chopped on right

[Jason Rumney]

Richard Matthew Stallman wrote:
>     The Windows system was using ClearType.  Changing that setting fixed
>     the problem.  Thanks Eli.
>
> Should Emacs users always turn off use of ClearType?
>   

These problems are not apparent with most fonts. I can only see them 
with some fonts if I reduce the size to 9 point, but it probably depends 
on screen resolution.


> If so, can Emacs do it automatically?
>   

Yes, this was my solution to Cleartype problems some time ago, but it 
was an unpopular one. We could add a user option.


> If not, is this documented in PROBLEMS or somewhere suitable?
>   

Eli just added it back, it had been previously removed because someone 
submitted some patches that was supposed to fix the problems.