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Office 2010 Arial 12 point font changes size with color

Hi,

I have noticed that the "n" is narrower if you use a theme color for Arial 12 point font and the zoom is at 100%.

It is easy to demonstrate.

Type the word "Acknowledge" 4 times once per line. So they are lined, vertically.

Now change the color of the first and last word to a theme color.

Change the second and third word to a standard color.

See the width between the “n” and “o” are different?

If you zoom in it disappears. Make a screen shot and paste it into Paint, them zoom and you can see it is real.

I see it because the word, compared to other words near it, looks like Ackn owledge

Odd

 

Regards,

Mark

 

 

 

The screen display, and screen shots made from it, are not a reliable indication. By default Word adjusts the character spacing to reflect what will be printed on paper, but the screen resolution is much lower than the printer resolution, so letters may be a pixel off their correct location. Dealing with color pixels makes this problem worse.

You can try going to the Options dialog's Advanced page, scrolling to the Display group, and checking or unchecking the option for "Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability". One way or the other may make the spacing better for screen viewing (but won't change anything in printouts).
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Hi,

 

Thanks for the response.

 

Enabling "Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability" does make it appear better.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Regards,

 

Mark

 

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