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Smooth font rendering for Japanese characters

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Mar 15, 202614356 views
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Problem

I am using Windows 7 and have set font smoothing to ClearType. However, Japanese characters display very roughly throughout the operating system. What can I do so they are rendered smoothly like other characters? Here is a sample of what they currently look like:

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Fix for: Smooth font rendering for Japanese characters

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The problem is that traditional Japanese fonts (MS Gothic, MS PGothic, MS Mincho…) also include bitmap fonts in small sizes in addition to outline ones (typically for characters 22pt and less). These bitmaps cannot be applied any type of smoothing, …

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