Posted by Catherine Brinkley Saving American Hearts, INC. on Apr 18th 2025
Microsoft Paint text fuzzy when I click outside the text box
Microsoft Paint text fuzzy when I click outside the text box
Problem solved 100%! Canva!
It does take a few minutes to learn, but if you are pretty computer savvy, you should be able to figure
it out in less than 10 minutes. It has tutorials to watch to.
It is a little bit of a hassle, but I've tried paint 3D and just about every other app recommened on the internet and ended up uninstalling immediately.
I have also, gone back to my laptop where my origianal paint is installed and worked there, and emailed it to myself. Another hassle, but when it has to be crisp and clear you don't really have any other choices. Canva is by far, so much better than paint but super frustrating if you don't take time to learn how to do the more complex things. You can also duplicate your current project so you can work on two idential pictures at the same time, or more, without ruining your original.
Here's a link to the pricing. There is a free version for one year, for one person and the next level is only $120 for the entire year so it's totally worth it.
I tried to copy each one, but the program wouldn't let me.
I hope this really helps you. My daughter told me about Canva after she had been using it for a year. At least now I know. I really wish Microsoft would just fix things like they should. I see on the internet that all the complaining about the fuzzy text has been going on since 2011. You would think that someone there knows about it.
I found an article that says to save your work as a bitmap and the text won't be blurry, but for me, that won't work. I need to click outside the text box to select the text using the rectangle selection, to copy and paste it to another program. I tried saving it as a bitmap, closing paint and reopening it and it didn't work for me. Here's the link if you want to check it out. https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26841725/MS-Paint-Blurry-Text.html
Here's another article, 8 years old. https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26841725/MS-Paint-Blurry-Text.html
So there you have it. Find one of your old computers and use the original paint there and email yourself the project, or give Canva a try, it's free.