I have downloaded a font that looks less than desirable if it is not anti-aliased. I can not figure out how to enable anti-aliasing in VS, I have changed the 'Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts' in the system performance options but that does not seem to help.
VS2008 on XP SP3.
What am I missing?
Try using ClearType, not Standard font smoothing.
It's in Display properties, Appearance, Effects.
In Windows 7:
Control Panel | Display | Adjust ClearType text
This starts a 4-step calibration process.
Could it be a problem with the color combination? Some fonts look really ugly on high contrast combinations with a black background.
Also, can you see the difference in the fonts in any other application?
Which font is it?
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44721/howto-enable-font-antialiasing-in-windows