All My computer fonts seem to display incorrect WHY?

crystal_clear

Hi there

Can anyone help me I have a problem reading text and numbers on my computer although I can type the and correct font and it appears. When I read several texts I seem to lose either a number or two or a letter or two in the line of the text i am reading. They appear as dots or underscores or something similiar ( if this makes any sense at all) My computer always worked fine and all lines of texts were visible as should be. I dont understand why this has suddenly started to happen.

If anyone can shed some light on this i would be grateful to hear.

Thanks Crystal

Zahc

Does this happen when you type in any application, or is it application specific?

crystal_clear

when i type it comes out correct.

example 1 = my computer properties/ veiw system information page I think all the capital M and number 5's look like they have slipped to next line of text or just look like dots or underscores, I can only read them if i highlight the line of text they are on.

example 2= Same type of thing happens when i am looking for a thread some letters or numbers seem to be like above

example 3 = Again I have noticed this type of error on the top blue bar like this window.( althoughit is displaying correct at present)

Hope this makes some sense to someone

Crystal

albertross_2

Do you have a digital camera, are you able to take a picture of the problem?

It is sounding like a video problem, or possibly malware, but difficult to visualise.. Is this a tft screen? Desktop/laptop. Does it do it in safe mode?

MercilessKiller

As a test..

Right mouse click destop > Properties > Appearence > Effects...

tick "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:" then choose ClearType from the drop down box.

After that go to Advanced instead of Effects and ensure that under Item, "Desktop" is selected.

Also make sure that "Font size:" is set to normal in the Appearence tab before you click the effects or advanced tabs.

Does this have ANY effect on the problem?

albertross, I don't see how it could be videocard related as the gfx has no idea what's text/graphics/images etc.. just all pixels to that

I would most probarbly suspect malware due to only certain events showing the problem!

albertross_2

I'm having problems visualising the problem, so I don't know .. but have seen missing pixels before due to faulty video card/screen.

crystal_clear

MercilessKiller wrote:

As a test..

Right mouse click destop > Properties > Appearence > Effects...

tick "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:" then choose ClearType from the drop down box.

After that go to Advanced instead of Effects and ensure that under Item, "Desktop" is selected.

Also make sure that "Font size:" is set to normal in the Appearence tab before you click the effects or advanced tabs.

Does this have ANY effect on the problem?

albertross, I don't see how it could be videocard related as the gfx has no idea what's text/graphics/images etc.. just all pixels to that

I would most probarbly suspect malware due to only certain events showing the problem!

MercilessKiller

I did all you requested as a test, then went back to My computer/Properties/General which is one place I knew the fonts were displaying incorrect.
Guess what you are a star :T :T The info in general is now displaying as it should.
So here's hoping that it has fixed the problem for good.
I still don't understand why it went that way in the first place though.

albertross and Zahc
Just wanted to say thanks to you aswell for offering your support, it did not go un-noticed.This problem has been sending me bonkers for last few weeks.

:beer: :beer: :beer:

Crystal

MercilessKiller

No problem at all Glad its all working now. Enjoy