Smooth Type

SmoothType 2.1.1 -- September 25, 1999 by Greg Landweber, coauthor of Kaleidoscope The SmoothType control panel effectively increases the resolution of text on the screen by blurring the edges of bitmap fonts with shades of gray, a technique called "anti-aliasing". This is similar to the font smoothing in Mac OS 8.5 and later, but SmoothType offers more flexibity and uses a more aggressive anti-aliasing algorithm that many people think gives better results. I suggest you try both to see which you prefer. For best results with SmoothType, set your monitor resolution as high as it will go, but then increase the font sizes (or magnification) you use so that text on your screen is the same physical size as before. SmoothType is compatible with all system versions from System 7 to Mac OS 9. With 8.5 or later, it overrides the built-in font smoothing. Version 2.1.1 fixes problems with blank windows in FWB Hard Disk Toolkit and with smoothing the system font when using Kaleidoscope. The shareware fee is $10 (registered users of 1.x can upgrade for $5; registered users of version 2.x do not need to pay an upgrade fee).