Windows 7 - OS X Font Renderer for Windows

I found this while I was lurking for more customization apps (go figure) and though I might share this. I searched the forum for it and didn't find it, so I'll post here. It is supposed to use the OS X font rendering system instead of Windows' renderer, but I can't prove that (i've never seen a mac's screen in person).

GDI++

Running it on my system.

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I use it and like it. It's been mentioned here in the past

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GDI++ only works fully on X86-systems.

On X64, there's ezgdi and gdipp. I'm using ezgdi myself, and the text is definitely nicer to look at than Cleartype.

Hmm.. I tried GDI and it gave no results. Oh well.

gdipp works on my 32-bit Windows.
Although it needed some time to find out the best settings for my system.

I used gdi++ for a while last year, and then forgot all about it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention again, although I'm using gdipp this time.

gdipp works for both 64 bit and 32 bit Windows 7.

However I don't think it looks anything like Mac OS X. The fonts in OSX are clear, gdipp just makes it blurry.

Depends. Not if you spend enough time with the config file.
(BTW, in console windows there are some things I don't like yet. Looks like gdipp can't handle light text on dark backgrounds?)

I've spent enough time with the config file.