Labelfont blurry

[PaulZ]

In designtime (VB.NET) I create a label on a form with font Ms Sans Serif 14 points (not bold). In the designer the text looks good (nice and smooth), but when I run the form in debugmode (with F5) the text is not smoothed anymore. I tried other fonts, but they have the same problem.
Does anyone know how this is caused and what to do about it?

-> Correct (@designtime)

-> False (@runtime)

OS=XP Pro SP1 with .Net Framework 1.1, font-smoothing standard (not clear type)

Thanks,
Paul

 

[PaulZ]

The problem is narrowed to a control from a external dll (Terroid Needle Gauge -> http://www.teroid.co.uk/index.html). When I remove it from my form, all labels are normal again.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

The component might be changing the form's SmoothingMode or similar in it's paint event. You are probably best contacting the control's developer to see if this is a known issue.

 

[PaulZ]

Thanks, I did this already and I am waiting for a response.

Final solution: Removed an invalid Reference Path in 'Project properties', 'Common properties'.