Visual difference between OOo OS/2 and OOo Win

Hi,

The following pic illustrates this small nuisance in OOo for OS/2:

http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/ooo.png

Foreground OOo Calc is 2.4b1 on OS/2

Background OOo Calc is 2.3 Win in a VPC Guest

The same Workplace Sans TrueType font is used in both as UI font.

On OS/2 the tabs (and their title) are much smaller in size, and 
therefore harder to read.

Why? (And am I the only one who does not like that?)

Kind regards,

Herwig Bauernfeind schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> The following pic illustrates this small nuisance in OOo for OS/2:
> 
> http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/ooo.png
> 
> Foreground OOo Calc is 2.4b1 on OS/2
> 
> Background OOo Calc is 2.3 Win in a VPC Guest
> 
> The same Workplace Sans TrueType font is used in both as UI font.
> 
> On OS/2 the tabs (and their title) are much smaller in size, and 
> therefore harder to read.
> 
> Why? (And am I the only one who does not like that?)
> 
> Kind regards,
> Herwig

Beside the size difference what would annoying me is the aliased font on OS/2. 
The background OOo uses a sharp font. Looks like a proper bitmap font while the

foreground OOo uses a washed out aliased font.

I don't have access to OOo and I'm not a font expert in any case. But are you 
really sure the background image do not use a clear bitmap font like the usual 
win apps do? Maybe WarpSans for OOo in OS/2 would be the better choice for
menues.

Font aliasing is necessary for web browsing I think, but for all other things I

prefer WarpSans and System VIO

Regards,

Herwig, try this.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx

This will allow you to adjust the ClearType engine to your preferences, and 
once done, really makes for a nice reading experience.

Or, if you dont want it fuzzy at all, put ClearType into "Standard"
mode, it 
will alias but only just barely. Its what I prefer to use as well, its 
crisp, but not shitty looking. 

Andreas Buchinger schrieb:
> Herwig Bauernfeind schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The following pic illustrates this small nuisance in OOo for OS/2:
>>
>> http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/ooo.png
>>
>> Foreground OOo Calc is 2.4b1 on OS/2
>>
>> Background OOo Calc is 2.3 Win in a VPC Guest
>>
>> The same Workplace Sans TrueType font is used in both as UI font.
>>
>> On OS/2 the tabs (and their title) are much smaller in size, and 
>> therefore harder to read.
>>
>> Why? (And am I the only one who does not like that?)
>>
> 
> Beside the size difference what would annoying me is the aliased font on 
> OS/2. The background OOo uses a sharp font. Looks like a proper bitmap 
> font while the foreground OOo uses a washed out aliased font.
The background is a WinXP using the same WorkplaceSans TrueType font as 
the foreground OS/2.
> 
> I don't have access to OOo and I'm not a font expert in any case. But 
> are you really sure the background image do not use a clear bitmap font 
> like the usual win apps do?
Yes, definitely, same font in both windows. On WinXP ClearType is turned 
off. Too fuzzy for my taste.

> Maybe WarpSans for OOo in OS/2 would be the better choice for menues.
WorkplaceSans is the recommended font for OOo in OS/2 (as WarpSans 
cannot be turned by 90° AFAIK).

> Font aliasing is necessary for web browsing I think, but for all other 
> things I prefer WarpSans and System VIO
That's more or less a question of taste, WorkplaceSans is otherwise a 
nice compromise: Not really fuzzy when antialialized, but also not jagged...

Kind regards,