Windows: ClearType on RDP

ClearType is not turned on by default over Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Thus, if you connect to a computer using Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) you will notice aliased fonts, quite ugly in my opinion without ClearType enabled.

If you are connecting to a Vista or Windows 7 computer, enable Experience → Font smoothing in the RDC dialog.

If you are connecting to a Windows XP computer, a bit more work is needed. Apply the following Registry entries on that computer:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations]
"AllowFontAntiAlias"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp]
"AllowFontAntiAlias"=dword:00000001

Or just place these lines in a file named CleartypeOnRDP.reg file and execute it.