diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
index 1bdb89bc..c5a9ad05 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
@@ -296,8 +296,20 @@ LRESULT Notepad_plus::init(HWND hwnd)
 	_mainEditView.execute(SCI_SETCARETLINEVISIBLE, svp1._currentLineHilitingShow);
 	_subEditView.execute(SCI_SETCARETLINEVISIBLE, svp1._currentLineHilitingShow);
 
-	_mainEditView.execute(SCI_SETFONTQUALITY, SC_EFF_QUALITY_LCD_OPTIMIZED);
-	_subEditView.execute(SCI_SETFONTQUALITY, SC_EFF_QUALITY_LCD_OPTIMIZED);
+	UINT smoothingType = 0;
+	if (0 != ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &smoothingType, 0))
+	{
+		if (FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE == smoothingType)
+		{
+			_mainEditView.execute(SCI_SETFONTQUALITY, SC_EFF_QUALITY_LCD_OPTIMIZED);
+			_subEditView.execute(SCI_SETFONTQUALITY, SC_EFF_QUALITY_LCD_OPTIMIZED);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		// Fail silently - font smoothing is not important enough to do anything else.
+		assert(false and "failed to retrieve system info 'SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE'");
+	}
 
 	_mainEditView.execute(SCI_SETCARETLINEVISIBLEALWAYS, true);
 	_subEditView.execute(SCI_SETCARETLINEVISIBLEALWAYS, true);