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>Basically font-smoothing is grayscale-only in Mojave. This is actually better for me. I wrote to Steve Jobs a long time ago and asked him if he could switch t
by 1897235235 8y ago
>Basically font-smoothing is grayscale-only in Mojave.
This is actually better for me. I wrote to Steve Jobs a long time ago and asked him if he could switch to gray-scale font smoothing because the tricks they use with colours don't actually work with people like me who are red green colour blind. The end result was that text on apple products looked terrible to me and I couldn't use any of their products until the retina displays came out. In windows, you can use grayscale font smoothing easily.
Anyway, he replied "we don't have any plans to do this" or something like that. Turns out I won in the end.
- dchest 8y agoVery strange, this has been configurable in System Preferences > General (currently "Use LCD font smoothing when available", previously there were more choices) for ages.
- kccqzy 8y agoYes I remember back in Leopard it wasn't just a checkbox, but a drop down menu allowing you turn it off completely or choose "Light", "Medium" or "Strong." I've always found the Strong setting the best for me and have kept it ever since. (There's a `defaults write` command to set this value still, but the effect is a lot less noticeable on Retina.)
- baggyfounder 8y agoI don't think that setting switches between grayscale and subpixel anti-aliasing.
- dchest 8y agoIt does. https://imgur.com/a/8g9AsqA https://imgur.com/a/8g9AsqA
- crtasm 8y agoI'm curious: do you mean the colour tricks appear the same to you as turning off antialiasing? Or is it worse than nothing?
- baggyfounder 8y agoFor most people who don't like it, it makes the text look like you are watching one of those 3d movies without the glasses. It looks all blurry with red and blue fringing.
- tzahola 8y ago>Turns out I won in the end. Well, he’s dead and you’re alive.