diff --git a/dlangide.visualdproj b/dlangide.visualdproj
index d32a17a..aff27ae 100644
--- a/dlangide.visualdproj
+++ b/dlangide.visualdproj
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   <debuglevel>0</debuglevel>
   <debugids />
   <versionlevel>0</versionlevel>
-  <versionids>Unicode USE_SDL USE_OPENGL</versionids>
+  <versionids>Unicode USE_FREETYPE</versionids>
   <dump_source>0</dump_source>
   <mapverbosity>3</mapverbosity>
   <createImplib>0</createImplib>
diff --git a/src/dlangide.d b/src/dlangide.d
index 046e982..513f5ba 100644
--- a/src/dlangide.d
+++ b/src/dlangide.d
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     embeddedResourceList.addResources(embedResourcesFromList!("resources.list")());
 
     // you can override default hinting mode here
-    FontManager.instance.hintingMode = HintingMode.Normal;
+    FontManager.hintingMode = HintingMode.Normal;
     // you can override antialiasing setting here
-    FontManager.instance.minAnitialiasedFontSize = 0;
+    FontManager.minAnitialiasedFontSize = 0;
+    // you can turn on subpixel font rendering (ClearType) here
+    FontManager.subpixelRenderingMode = SubpixelRenderingMode.None; //SubpixelRenderingMode.BGR;
 
     // create window
     Window window = Platform.instance.createWindow("Dlang IDE", null);
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     // create some widget to show in window
     window.windowIcon = drawableCache.getImage("dlangui-logo1");
 
+    // for testing: load workspace at startup
     frame.loadWorkspace(appendPath(exePath, "../workspaces/sample1/sample1.dlangidews"));
 
     // show window