almost perfect except fonts

[Randy]

I been working on this laptop this past week and it been a challenge anyway it almost there. the only problem I have is the fonts looks like when you are writing with a pen that has keeps running out of ink. kinda blochly not uniform, some area is alitttle thicker than other not much but noticeable. anyway i thought the video driver thtat i found for this model would fix this problem but it has not. This is a compaq presario 1655 with 160 ram any suggestions Thank you :confused:

[deddard]

Have you checked the font type (screen)? right click the desktop and select properties>appearance>effects and see what is selected for 'use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts' - try the different settings there to see if it has any effect.

[gwallen4]

Try changing the screen resolution. It should be set to the native resolution of the laptop's screen (1024X768?). Also check the refresh rate if you can, usually 60 Hz.

[saphalline]

Also check the refresh rate if you can, usually 60 Hz.
This is a very good point since most people think that the refresh rate shouldn't matter for an LCD. It can. Windows (even XP) defaults to an icky-looking 60Hz refresh rate. Why? I don't know, MS hasn't fixed that yet. But anyway, LCD displays are supposed to ignore the refresh rate since they're digital anyway, but some cheaper LCD monitors are designed to expect that 60Hz refresh rate and behave oddly when it's set to, say, 75Hz.

With a laptop display, this shouldn't crop up because it should be connected internally via an already digital signal (internal DVI basically) but since laptops are inherently quite proprietary, there's no telling what Compaq might have done!