---
title: "Font..::.ClearType Property "
canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing_Font_ClearType.htm
product: "Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET"
---

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# Font.ClearType Property 
 
Gets/sets value specifying if to use ClearType antialiasing for fonts (optimized for LCD monitors).
 
**Namespace:** [Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/N_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing.htm.md)
 **Assembly:** Aurigma.GraphicsMill (in Aurigma.GraphicsMill.dll)
 
## Syntax
  
```
Public Property ClearType As Boolean
```
 
```csharp
public bool ClearType { get; set; }
```
 
### Property Value
Value specifying if to use ClearType during text rendering.
 
## Remarks
 The following situations do not support ClearType antialiasing: 
- Text rendered on a printer.
- A display set for 256 colors or less.
- Text rendered to a terminal server client.
- The font is not a TrueType font or an OpenType font with TrueType outlines. For example, the following do not support ClearType antialiasing: Type 1 fonts, Postscript OpenType fonts without TrueType outlines, bitmap fonts, vector fonts, and device fonts.
- The font has tuned embedded bitmaps, only for the font sizes that contain the embedded bitmaps. For example, this occurs commonly in East Asian fonts.

Default value is **false**.
   
## See Also

### Reference

- [Font Class](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing_Font.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing Namespace](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/N_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing.htm.md)