<s>
CoolType	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
technology	O
,	O
introduced	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
legibility	O
of	O
text	O
on	O
color	O
liquid-crystal	B-Device
displays	I-Device
(	O
LCDs	B-Device
)	O
like	O
laptop	O
or	O
thin-film	O
transistor	O
(	O
TFT	B-Device
)	O
LCD	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
,	O
especially	O
to	O
make	O
reading	O
long	O
text	O
,	O
like	O
E-Books	O
,	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
is	O
primarily	O
for	O
LCDs	B-Device
,	O
the	O
legibility	O
on	O
cathode	B-Device
ray	I-Device
tube	I-Device
(	O
CRT	B-Device
)	O
monitors	O
is	O
also	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
CoolType	B-Application
supported	O
a	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
fonts	O
than	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
ClearType	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
limited	O
to	O
TrueType	O
fonts	O
,	O
whereas	O
Adobe	O
's	O
CoolType	B-Application
also	O
supported	O
PostScript	O
fonts	O
(	O
and	O
their	O
OpenType	O
equivalent	O
as	O
well	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CoolType	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
non-Adobe	O
applications	O
through	O
the	O
commercially	O
licensed	O
Adobe	O
PDF	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
ClearType	O
,	O
Quartz	B-Operating_System
and	O
FreeType	B-Application
,	O
CoolType	B-Application
uses	O
subpixel	O
rendering	O
to	O
effectively	O
triple	O
the	O
usual	O
horizontal	O
resolution	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CoolType	B-Application
also	O
obsoleted	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Type	I-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
(	O
ATM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
font	O
selection	O
menus	O
that	O
CoolType	B-Application
provides	O
display	O
fewer	O
details	O
than	O
ATM	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
some	O
initial	O
problems	O
in	O
editing	O
TeX	B-Application
PostScript	O
output	O
in	O
Adobe	O
applications	O
that	O
used	O
CoolType	B-Application
.	O
</s>
