As I understand it, macOS uses grayscale antialiasing by default, while Windows and Linux use subpixel hinting. To make up for the artificial thinning that occu

As I understand it, macOS uses grayscale antialiasing by default, while Windows and Linux use subpixel hinting. To make up for the artificial thinning that occurs with grayscale antialiasing, it also uses something called "font smoothing" which makes everything look a little bolder.