[freeman24uk]

hi i think some error has messed up my desktop fonts, they appear to have black surrounding each letter. if i set the desktop to none it fixs itself but when i use a xp wallpaper the error comes back and i've made sure that drop shadows are selected. i've created a pic to show the problem.

 

[TRS-80 vet]

hi i think some error has messed up my desktop fonts, they appear to have black surrounding each letter. if i set the desktop to none it fixs itself but when i use a xp wallpaper the error comes back and i've made sure that drop shadows are selected. i've created a pic to show the problem.

Welcome to the forum!

"... If I set the desktop to none..."
none what??? None shadow behind the fonts? Or none fonts below the icon? Both are possible settings.

 

[freeman24uk]

background in display properties set to none but as soon as i return it to azul background the black around the lettering returns.

 

[bonk]

What picture are you using as your background....try a different background picture to see if the same happens

 

[freeman24uk]

i have and its the same.

 

[freeman24uk]

ok fixed it, in display properties the smooth edges of fonts option somehow got changed to cleartype instead of standard. hopefully this will help people in the future with this problem.