Installers and ClearType

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I've got another story to add to my ever-increasing list of ClearType-based posts... what's my obsession with this technology?

This time, I'm going to turn things around a bit. Most of my previous posts were about cases where ClearType was being enabled despite the fact that I might have it turned off in the OS settings. It may come as a surprise, but I actually don't usually turn it off. I actually like ClearType, it's just had a bit of a rough history...

This time, we're looking at installers. I've done a quick survey of applications that are installed on my machine, and for some bizarre reason, all of them don't use ClearType, despite the fact that it's turned on in the OS settings! Check it out (names blurred to protect the innocent (I think they're innocent):

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

However, the thing I don't get is when I tried it on an installer that I myself had developed:

My Installer

My installer was written using WiX and is based on Windows Installer, so it's clearly not a Windows Installer issue. Some of those installers with ClearType disabled above were from open source applications, so it seems unlikely it's an issue with a particular commercial installation generator (because it's unlikely that an open source team uses a commercial installation generator) so why do all of the other installers have ClearType turned off, but mine's still got it on?

I have no idea... if anybody can shed some light, I'd be most interested!

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