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HTML

<div class="without-cleartype">
    box without cleartype
</div>
<div class="with-cleartype">
    box with cleartype
    <!--[if lte IE 9]>
        <span class="after"> </span>
    <![endif]-->
</div>

CSS

div {
    width: 80%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 50px;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font: bold 10px/5 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

div + div {
    margin-top: 20px;
}

.without-cleartype,
.with-cleartype .after {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ff000
       ', endColorstr='#ffff88',GradientType=0 );
}


.with-cleartype {
    z-index: 1;
    position: relative;
}

.with-cleartype .after {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}