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Interestingly, if you have a 4K display, text in Windows looks much better than MacOS (which requires scaling). Unfortunately that only applies to the OS interf

by jiofih 7y ago

Interestingly, if you have a 4K display, text in Windows looks much better than MacOS (which requires scaling). Unfortunately that only applies to the OS interface, it still looks like a monkey’s ass in the browser.

stephenr 7y ago
macOS doesn’t “require” scaling, it’s an optional feature if your display PPI is low enough that straight 2x rendering makes things look “too big”.
- mooman219 7y ago
  Nit: Scaling is actually the default in cocoa. You have to make a request to explicitly not have it try to auto-scale your application.
- jiofih 7y ago
  It does require scaling at 4K, no misunderstanding there. The system is unable to scale the UI itself like Windows does and is unusable at either base resolution or 2x - unless you find (and want) an odd 20in 4K monitor.
  - stephenr 7y ago
    > is unusable at either base resolution or 2x - unless you find (and want) an odd 20in 4K monitor. Or, - and stay with me here, I know it's a big concept to get your head around - if the person's preferences for display resolution are different to yours.
ubu7737 7y ago
On my new XPS 13 4k, text is wonderful everywhere.
WorldMaker 7y ago
That's possibly my biggest grief with Edgmium. Chromium's (SDL-based?) text renderer is terrible on Windows compared to DirectWrite (the Window 8+ text rendering engine that replaced the crumbling GDI+ in the Windows OS interface and UWP apps but not ancient Win32 tech debt). (I suppose it's also my biggest hope for Edgmium if they can somehow magic together a switch to DirectWrite on Windows, maybe that'd better the font rendering across Electron apps too.)
- Raymonf 7y ago
  Chromium actually does use DirectWrite on Windows. It's been active since Chrome 38. https://blog.chromium.org/2014/07/chrome-37-beta-directwrite-on-windows.html https://blog.chromium.org/2014/07/chrome-37-beta-directwrite...
1_player 7y ago
Subjective. I have a 4K screen and a 5K one, macOS text rendering blows Windows' out of the water. Linux is second (with some custom FreeType patch I forget the name about)
ceronman 7y ago
Not for me. Got a 4K thinkpad and text does look quite bad. On Windows UI, on Chrome, everywhere.

by jiofih 7y ago

stephenr 7y ago

macOS doesn’t “require” scaling, it’s an optional feature if your display PPI is low enough that straight 2x rendering makes things look “too big”.

mooman219 7y ago
Nit: Scaling is actually the default in cocoa. You have to make a request to explicitly not have it try to auto-scale your application.
jiofih 7y ago
It does require scaling at 4K, no misunderstanding there. The system is unable to scale the UI itself like Windows does and is unusable at either base resolution or 2x - unless you find (and want) an odd 20in 4K monitor.
- stephenr 7y ago
  > is unusable at either base resolution or 2x - unless you find (and want) an odd 20in 4K monitor. Or, - and stay with me here, I know it's a big concept to get your head around - if the person's preferences for display resolution are different to yours.

ubu7737 7y ago

On my new XPS 13 4k, text is wonderful everywhere.

WorldMaker 7y ago

That's possibly my biggest grief with Edgmium. Chromium's (SDL-based?) text renderer is terrible on Windows compared to DirectWrite (the Window 8+ text rendering engine that replaced the crumbling GDI+ in the Windows OS interface and UWP apps but not ancient Win32 tech debt). (I suppose it's also my biggest hope for Edgmium if they can somehow magic together a switch to DirectWrite on Windows, maybe that'd better the font rendering across Electron apps too.)

Raymonf 7y ago
Chromium actually does use DirectWrite on Windows. It's been active since Chrome 38. https://blog.chromium.org/2014/07/chrome-37-beta-directwrite-on-windows.html https://blog.chromium.org/2014/07/chrome-37-beta-directwrite...

1_player 7y ago

Subjective. I have a 4K screen and a 5K one, macOS text rendering blows Windows' out of the water. Linux is second (with some custom FreeType patch I forget the name about)

ceronman 7y ago

Not for me. Got a 4K thinkpad and text does look quite bad. On Windows UI, on Chrome, everywhere.