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Enable Clear Type font smoothing on Windows (pywin32 version) (Python recipe) by ccpizza
ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578499/)

Running the script without parameters will enable Clear Type font smoothing. Pass 0, false, off, or disable to turn off Clear Type.

This version requires the pywin32 module from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20218/

For a ctypes-based version see: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578500-enable-clear-type-font-smoothing-on-windows-ctypes/

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# install pywin32 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20218/
import win32con
import win32gui
import sys

new_state = True

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    new_state = sys.argv[1].lower() not in ['0', 'false', 'off', 'disable']

win32gui.SystemParametersInfo(win32con.SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHING, new_state, 0)
win32gui.SystemParametersInfo(win32con.SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE,
        win32con.FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE,
        win32con.SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | win32con.SPIF_SENDCHANGE)
Tags: fontsmoothing, pywin32, windows_api