Outlook 2007 ClearType Doesn’t Play Well With Remote Desktop?
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I’ve noticed this bug ever since upgrading to Office 2007 Tech Preview 2 Build 12.0.3820.1002.
ClearType, which I understand is locked as a feature in 2007, is appearing to be completely deactivated, or otherwise rendering incorrectly when using Remote Desktop Connection at the “Full” experience.
The problem is most prevalent on unread, and thus bolded messages, and is just a bit of a quirk that should probably be dealt with. In my humble opinion.
Edit: Other Microsoft dev whose name eludes me pointed out that ClearType doesn’t render on Windows at all through RemDesk, or that it wasn’t supposed to, or *some*thing like that. While I admit that it’s somewhat obvious, I think it might have to do with Office using Calibri or the other ClearType fonts, and said fonts not scaling down properly, which makes it look so much worse than the standard XP interface downscale.
Further update: Robert Scoble was kind enough to point me to the ClearType group leader, who pointed me to the Terminal Services guy who mentioned that he’s actually working on it AT THIS VERY INSTANT. Nice to see the system works.
Tags: beta, bugs, cleartype, outlook