To adjust, open Applications/Utilities/Terminal and type the following:
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
Then reboot to see the changes. You can use any number between 1 and 4, which is the default. The value 2 is apparently best for flat panel screens. If this works well for you, let us know! Further information with comparison screenshots at macworld.com.
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Any screen shots to show the difference?
The differences can be viewed in Google Chrome without restarting by applying the change and opening a new tab, and then switching back and forth.
Looks like before! Nothing changes... 24" flat with 1920*1200 and nvidia 8800gt... For me
Perfect, 100% improved the sharpness of the sources through
Works beautifully! So much better on the eyes! The person that said the difference can be viewed in Chrome was right, by the way.
Worked well for me on a 19 inch monitor at 1440x900 resolution. Thanks for the tip!
En mi 1920x1080 ningún cambio, ni Cromo ni Safari ni nada.
Gracias
Wooooo!!
Es bastante clara la diferencia.
A change very noticiable.
Thanks! It really makes the text pop. Kind of like baby bold
This makes no sense:
"You can use any number between 1 and 4, which is the default."
So which is the default 1 or 4?
TinkerTool has a tab for adjusting font smoothing if you want a GUI for making this change.
I've always used TinkerToll for this. You can test it opening and closing the terminal app. It's very noticeable in my case.
I think font smoothing also largely has to do with the monitor. I have done a lot of research as it was difficult for me to switch over to OSX font rendering.
I have a Dell 1907FP and my native/optimal resolution is 1280x1024, so I can't wait to get a new monitor to find out what the problem really is!
Wow, what a difference that made. I use an external monitor at work too on my MacBook so I'll make this change there too. Huge difference.
I used your advice and now I get a boot-error everytime I boot my hackintosh....When I turn the hackintosh off and reboot again it works...but then with the next reboot the same thing happens....
How can I undo this change?
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
I tried 1 to 4 and 2 seems to work the best for me.. Thanks for the tip, keep them coming..
Pretty good tip, in browser tabs the text is a little more "bolded" than I was used to but after some hours I must say i like the improvement.
i vas digin out for long time and here you go, thanks big improvement, not as crisp as win7 but much beter
thanks
It tried this--makes a big difference but my machine would not boot. Had to use Iboot. Reinstalled multibeast, same problem. The only way it works is if I use the 32 bit boot loader. Use the 64 bit and the first screen with the apple comes up and sit there. How do I uninstall it?
Works like a charm !! i put it to 1 because I couldnt see the changes. I might put it to 2 because its to sharp lol
Great tip, thanks!
Here is another one..
if you type:
defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen 1
into terminal the same way movies you open with QuickTimePlayerX will start automaticly when loaded instead of having to press play.
Replace with 0 at the end to set back to default.
On a 1920x1080 LED monitor I can't see a thing. Tried from 1 to 4.
Works just fine for me, Acer 1080P LED Monitor...I love the mini bold it puts on!
Setting level two worked the best for me on a cheap old BENQ Q22W6
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
Used chrome to be systematic setting it to one first, open a new tab go to a web page. Set it to "2" next, open a Chrome tab and go to the same web page and look side by side, and continue to 3 and 4 as well.
Thank you so much for the tip. It seems Mac OS cannot recognize third-party monitor very well, which is a shame.
Random question:
Anyone know how to convert a specific PC font (Chinese Kaiti) to Mac so Indesign can read and export?
Are there any software conversion techniques out there?
Perfect, for me the best setting is 1. Thanks for the Google Chrome tip!
Mindblowing! totally fixed my issues with my 24" dell
do not reboot. just logout & login
if anyone can give me a hand? I don't know if I'm doing this right or no, when I open terminal, I see a small text window, can't seem to find out exactaly how to ptye this info in, sorry guys, competely new to his
Thanks for any help
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