Re: [libreoffice-users] blurred display

Hi :)
Errr when i say "I think" i'm saying it as a non-expert.  I know a few
tricks but my main reason for being on this mailing list is to learn.  So
i'm always curious how each problem gets solved in the end.
Regards from
Tom :)


On 28 September 2015 at 13:33, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi :)
> I was wondering if it was a "drivers issue" but i'm fairly sure that is
> the first thing most of the experts would have considered.  Similarly with
> trying a different monitor.
>
> Another unlikely tangent ....
> Of course many fonts appear quite differently if they were downloaded from
> different sources.  It sounds a little odd that the default ones would be
> so horrible but maybe downloading "Ariel" etc from a couple of different
> places might find one that doesn't misbehave so badly.
>
> The reason i think that is unlikely is because Tim @ Kracked Press didn't
> mention it.  Trying a different type of OS on the same machine could be
> quite informative but it doesn't seem to be so easy to test-drive a "Live
> Cd" from Win 8 and onwards.
>
> So i think Jim's answer might be the best one to try.  It's quite obscure
> and yet simple enough that other experts might have over-looked it.  I have
> no idea where to find that setting in any version of Windows since Xp.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 27 September 2015 at 22:06, Jim Quinn <quinnje.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is your page-style set for "shadows"?
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Blasejewicz
> > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 9:00 AM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] blurred display
> >
> >
> > Good evening
> > After Windows XP all Windows versions, AND all the Linux versions I have
> > tried too, are obsessed with making the display of screen fonts
> > as blurred and ugly as possible. Dozen of hours searching the net,
> > asking the technical support of my computers, asking computer specialist
> > ...
> > led to the conclusion: there is NO way to fix this.
> >
> > Here one "question" related to Calc.
> > I use Calc regularly. But I also use on my old computers Lotus123.
> > (I know, it is very old and "discontinued". That does not prevent it
> > from being VERY helpful and good.
> > In some ways much better than Calc, Excel or any other spreadsheet
> > application I know of.)
> >
> > On a Windows XP machine:
> > Lotus123 line graph -> individual data points represented as squares
> > (the computers choice, not mine);
> > * these little squares in Lotus 123 have clear, distinct vertical and
> > horizontal borders.
> > A similar graph, with similar squares in Calc has "shadows" around 2 of
> > the four sides = disappearance/display is blurred.
> > Since the display is made of little squares anyway, what exactly is the
> > advantage of having the display blurred???
> > If Lotus123 CAN display these squares like they would look when printed
> > in a book,
> > why can't Calc do that???
> > Computer, monitor, OS etc. ... everything else is the same, I presume
> > nobody can blame my monitor, graphic card or whatever.
> >
> > Is there any way of telling Calc (preferably LibreOffice in general!) of
> > displaying clear, distinct images (graphics, characters .. everything)?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Thomas
> >
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