SOLVED Windows 10 on a laptop, scaling set to 100% but some text is still blurry

[Ohmarinus]

Hi all,

I've bought a high-end Lenovo laptop last week and am having a ball with it. Most of the content looks great, but the standard scaling was set to 125% (recommended). However, this means that everything was 'too big' and screen real estate is a thing I like so I set it back to 100% as I also read most of the content will be sharper. I read everywhere that with 100% scaling text should be crisp in every application, yet maybe too small to read, but I did not find text to be too small. The size is perfect now.

I did configure ClearType a few times and this helped a little, but still in some programs the content is way too blurry to be comfortable to read. I also want to do programming and need the text to be sharp across all apps. Setting scaling for individual apps to 125% is not a solution since it makes apps appear too big.

See here what happens in an app, compared to Firefox. Firefox looks crisp across the board, but some other apps clearly have a sharp title in the application bar on top, but underneath, the text inside the application is blurry.

Python Shell:

Firefox:

Does anyone know what could be the reason for this? It's very hard on my eyes.

I hope someone knows the solution.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

is your system fully up-to-date (Windows version 2009) including GPU drivers?.

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[Tim Locke]

What is the native resolution of the display?

 

[Ohmarinus]

What is the native resolution of the display?

Hello, the native resolution is 1920*1080 with 144Hz

I have set the resolution to the native resolution to comply with the monitor.

 

[Tim Locke]

I presumed so as you said a high end laptop. But my old lenovo gets confused it I am using a true 1920 monitor at the same time as the Lenovo panel which is somewhat less than that.

 

[Ohmarinus]

Hi,

is your system fully up-to-date (Windows version 2009) including GPU drivers?.

How to upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT AN UPGRADE IS NOT AN UPDATE PER SE; SEE THE LINK CREATED BY @Regedit32 BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS ON UPDATING AFTER CURRENT CUMULATIVE UPDATE. https://www.windows10forums.com/threads/windows-updates-after-kb4016871-reminder.13030/ See also: the following links about updating...

www.windows10forums.com

Oh my god, after your comment I checked the updating settings. It said everything was up to date, but then I saw there was a Windows 10 version '2004' update. It just finished installing after over an hour and now all text is sharp in all the apps where it first was blurry!

The 2009 version wasn't available. Will this be available after I did all the updates?

 

[Ohmarinus]

Okay, I don't know how to get to 2009, but the 2004 version has solved the issue for me. See it here:

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

to get the 2009 version, click on the link below and on "Update now".

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