![]() ![]() For example in UE v22.20 on same computer the entire UltraEdit window looks crystal clear with no color fading at all. Later UltraEdit adapted its look better on Windows desktop settings. This color fading could not be disabled in UE v16.30. It can be seen on the screen shot that there is a color fading on menu bar (toolbar was hidden to make the screen shot smaller), file tabs bar, and status bar. I think this was the default font although not liked by many people. I used the font Courier New more than 7 years ago as I archived UE v16.30 which I restored from the archive to make this screen shot. There are lot of TrueType monospaced fonts and some are even fixed-pitch fonts (all characters have same width in all styles, regular, bold, italic and bold italic). So it is perhaps not good to use this font if ClearType is disabled in Windows configuration. And last but not least the color settings for document window area and syntax highlighting have been also configured to what is best for my eyes.Ĭonsolas is designed for ClearType. I have also set once in the past at Control Panel - System - Advanced system settings on tab Advanced in group Performance after clicking on button Settings the option Adjust for best performance which disables all the features producing a stylish, but in my eyes unsharp display. If you use ClearType, you should run the ClearType tuner of Windows. I have disabled also ClearType as I don't like ClearType at all. And I have additionally disabled the color fading of active and inactive title bar by setting second color to same color as first color as it can be seen on looking on title bar of UltraEdit application window. I have changed also the Windows desktop theme to Windows Classic as I do always on all my computers since Windows 95. So the font size setting in Windows display setting was 100%. The computer on which I made this screen shots has only a resolution of 1200 x 800 pixels. to get a sharp display of syntax highlighted text as you can see on the attached PNG image. ![]() For the future use PNG for screen shots which uses a lossless compression and is support by all applications supporting displaying or even editing images. And when you think the new version is not worth the money, you can uninstall v24.20, reinstall v16.30, restore configuration of UE v16.30 and use again old version of UltraEdit.Ĭfp1, JPEG is good image format for paper scans or photos, but not for screen shots because its lossy compression adds a lot of pixel noise. ), uninstall UE v16.30, install UE v24.20 and use it with entire configuration recreated with default settings or existing configuration of UE v16.30 upgraded by UltraEdit v24.20. ![]() This means you have the possibility to backup %APPDATA% \IDMComp\UltraEdit (copy to other folder, rename this folder, compress into an archive file. So you can use UE v24.20 for 30 days before a license must be purchased for using it after trial period expired. In other words many things changed since release of UE v16.30. And this file contains just a brief summary of important bug fixes, improvements and short information about new features. The file changes.txt in program files folder of UltraEdit contains 733 lines between v24.20 and v16.30. The term 4K UHD did not even exist as UltraEdit v16.30 was released December 2010. Open also Advanced - Configuration - Editor Display - Advanced and play with the font quality setting in this configuration dialog. are defined by the used Windows desktop theme in UltraEdit v16.30. The post contains also links to font settings for Output Window and Find String List.įont and font size for menus, dialogs, etc. Read the post Font size for the File Tabs and the List Views for additional font/font size settings for file tabs and most list views. Do the same for View - Set HEX/Column Mode Font which must be a fixed-width font. Don't use a bitmap font available only in a few sizes as being defined with pixels instead of vectors This font can be a proportional or a fixed-width font. Open View - Set Font and select a True Type or Clear Type font like Courier New or Consolas and a font size suitable for you.
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