Give your eyes a break. If you’re running Windows XP, turn on ClearType font smoothing.
Thanks for the thought, but I multitask a lot and you just happened to see the result of an ALT-TAB while the video settings were changed by another app. :-) I am so used to it, I had forgotten it was set that way when I took the screenshot...apologies to all!
BTW, for those who missed it, the name in the Address Bar was "Stalin"...in reference to pinging those about whom one is posting.