icon font color

[lmtis]

When I edit an icon in LV2009, if I choose any font other than "Small Fonts", the text is in multicolor.  In small fonts I can get black text.  This happens with the text tool as well as the icon text tab.  How can I get black text in other fonts?

Jim

[RavensFan]

Can you post a simple VI where this has happened to you?

Could it be a situation where something like Cleartype or font smoothing or something like that is causing an odd color variation of pixels?  The font is actually black, it just doesn't appear that way due to screen settings?

[falkpl]

I noticed this, some conts have antialliasing built into them (not small font)  This was not the case for the old icon editor.

[falkpl]

Antialliased text should be more readable when not magnified.

[Michelle_N · Accepted solution]

Hi All,

This is a known issue (CAR #1451404) and R&D is currently investigating this issue.

Most fonts look better if you increase the size to 12 and larger. You can also try going to Control Panel > Display Properties > Tab: Appearance
Click on 'Effects...' and disable or change the active item of the option 'Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:'.

Cheers,

Message Edited by Michelle_B on 02-12-2010 11:23 AM

[lmtis]

Thank you Michelle, disabling the smooth edges option fixed the problem.  Any idea what deleterious effects this might have elsewhere.

Jim

[Michelle_N]

Hi Jim,

I don't know what else that would effect.  Since it appears to be a Windows feature to smooth text edges and you have disabled it, I would think you might see some other text with the same jagged edges, if you notice anything at all.

Here's information on ClearType: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/WhatIsClearType.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/step1.aspx

Although, I also have a Standard smoothing setting, assuming it uses whatever the traditional antialiasing method is to smooth my text. 

Hope this helps,

[lmtis]

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for the education, that was an interesting read.  This is a wierd phenomenon.  With some fonts, once you turn off smoothing and use the font in the icon editor, that font will not go back to being smoothed even if you shut down LabVIEW, open it up and make a new VI and edit it's icon (with smoothing turned on in windows of course).  With some fonts the font in the icon will revert to being smoothed in an open VI the minute you tell windows to apply it.

Thanks again,

Jim

[Michelle_N]

Correction: CAR ID #182064