Pixelated icons and solid fonts

[David]

Dear readers
My PC went into some strange display habit which i cannot
understnad.
Problems are
1. Font in all applications is this kind of "80's" digital
pixelated stuff that is nearly illegible.
2. Mindows minimise, full screen, part screen icons
are "80's" pixelated numbers and characters, instead of
the normal cross, minimise and fullscreen,part screen
toggle icons
3. scrollbar and pulldown icons similarly wierd.

Everything functions, but the font issue is a problem as
far as legibility....across all apps....word, autocad,
excel, internet explorer.

My Japanese fonts are alright. Plain fonts are OK, but
any "solid" fonts become "pixelated" and chunky

Thanks for any ideas
Dave

[Mart]

Although generally applicable to the Max/min/restore symbols, caused by a
missing/corrupted font, this solution *might* work for you:-

Try:- "Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];134861

If the first part of the article doesn't fix it, note and try the section
near the bottom page, referring to the maximum number of fonts and the
suggestion of deleting the ttfcache file.

HTH and good luck

Mart


"David" > wrote in message
...
> Dear readers
> My PC went into some strange display habit which i cannot
> understnad.
> Problems are
> 1. Font in all applications is this kind of "80's" digital
> pixelated stuff that is nearly illegible.
> 2. Mindows minimise, full screen, part screen icons
> are "80's" pixelated numbers and characters, instead of
> the normal cross, minimise and fullscreen,part screen
> toggle icons
> 3. scrollbar and pulldown icons similarly wierd.
>
> Everything functions, but the font issue is a problem as
> far as legibility....across all apps....word, autocad,
> excel, internet explorer.
>
> My Japanese fonts are alright. Plain fonts are OK, but
> any "solid" fonts become "pixelated" and chunky
>
> Thanks for any ideas
> Dave