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Text honestly looks like shit an any non 4k external monitor for macOS it's kind of crazy how bad it is compared to windows.
by tick_tock_tick 6y ago
Text honestly looks like shit an any non 4k external monitor for macOS it's kind of crazy how bad it is compared to windows.
- monocasa 6y agoIt's just a different stylistic choice. A lot of font nerds prefer the OSX choices because they try to stay true to the original font spacing without regard to the pixel grid.
- noisem4ker 6y agoMissing sub-pixel antialiasing is plain technical deficiency, not a stylistic choice. I agree arguments can be had about hinting and aligning the glyphs to the pixel grid, but not much beyond that.
- monocasa 6y agoIt's still there, you just have to go turn it on. But yes, I didn't know that they ripped out subpixel rendering in late 2018 by default.
- sgerenser 6y agoYeah they didn't completely remove it, but they did a good job of hiding it by not making it an option to turn on in the GUI. Have to use a terminal command to enable it: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/337871 https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/337871 In general with a HiDPI screen I don't find any need for it. But on a low-res display like the typical 24" 1080P models it certainly helps.
- pouta 6y agoI've been looking for this for so long. Can't wait to try it out tomorrow
- reda-alaoui 6y agoStarting with Catalina, it does not fix the issue. I had to send back a Macbook Pro 16 2019 because of that and go back to Linux.
- neutronicus 6y agoHuh. At work I have a mac mini and a Windows box, and I use three crapola Asus monitors between them, and my impression has been that macOS does a better job rendering text on said crapola monitors (the Windows box does a better job at compiling C++ in a timely fashion, though, so I mostly work on that one).