How to stop text labels smearing on forms

[vicissitude]

Hi,

Is there any way to stop label text on forms from smearing? For some reason the font smears or blurs and generally gets dirty looking over a short period of time using the form. It happens especially if you open up a report etc and maximise it for example and then when you close the report the text has gone all smeared. If you close and open the form it cures it. I have tried changing fonts and that helps a little but it is still really annoying.

I have tried on 2 different computers and it happens on both.

many thanks for any help you can give me on this one.

 

[vbaInet]

Haven't really noticed any smearing or blurring of the label controls. What version of Windows are you running?

Try detaching the label from its attached control and have it as a single entity.

 

[vicissitude]

Running Windows XP 32 and Access 2003. Will try detaching label.

 

[vicissitude]

Detaching label helps a bit but does not completely cure it. MS Sans Serif or System seem to be the only fonts that seems truly immune, but unfortunately they are not the prettiest. Maybe it has something to do with 'cleartype'?

 

[vbaInet]

That was what I was going to say. It could be a Clear type fonts or a true type fonts problem in combination with how your monitor handles them. I think you can turn them off and see how things get displayed. Although, take note that your reports won't be very pretty to the eye

 

[vicissitude]

Yea I think that is what it is, as you say the cleartype, tried turning it off and you could use whatever font you liked and it did not smear. It does look totally awful though and very hard on the eyes! So I will just have to make to with MS Sans Serif. It is strange thought that you can use whatever font you like on the buttons and they are ok.

Is there a difference between cleartype and true type? Or are they just named differently depending on which OS you are on?

Thanks.

 

[vbaInet]

I believe it's just a difference in terms. What you were actually referring to was ClearType fonts because that's about anti-aliasing and smoothness, so you were right.

 

[vicissitude]

I found a work around. If you put a rectangle down first, and then put the label on top of it, it stops it from smearing!

 

[vbaInet]

Lovely! Glad you got to the bottom of it.