Font Appearance

Something I've noticed lately is how fonts appear different according to where they're displayed. i.e. If I type in Word with Georgia 12pt it looks different to when I read a blog written in Georgia 12pt. Even the difference between reading and writing an email in Outlook is significant.

It's like in reading version the fonts are a little more fuller. Has anyone else noticed this? Can anyone explain what's going on?

It's hard to explain. You can see the difference in Word if you switch between Print Layout and Reading Layout.

Interesting. And are fonts printed on a physical page antialiased? It looks like they're not because it seems as if in reading mode, the fonts more closely resemble how they're printed.

So just wondering how to change this option in both Word 2003 and 2007.

I worked it out.

Vista uses ClearType technology which applies to writing mode in Word and windows all round. It's kind of like antialiasing. I installed this on my XP machine at work and now my fonts like rounded and stuff when writing in word.