The subpixel font rendering engine that used to produce beautiful fonts on macOS is gone! There are a few "fixes" floating around here, they don't bring the old engine back and the results are not acceptable in my opinion. Let me save you the 2 day restore process I am in the middle of downgrading to High Sierra.
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Wish I read this before upgrading yesterday. Fonts look horrible on my 15” 2012.
Ah well.
Ah well.
I though the fonts on my Air looked a bit different but couldn’t quite place why. Doesn’t look bad to me, just different.
I saw this in a reddit post, could you try it to see if it fixes the fonts:
defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO
Here's the post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9inu3e/if_the_font_rendering_on_mojave_looks_odd_to_you/
defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO
Here's the post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9inu3e/if_the_font_rendering_on_mojave_looks_odd_to_you/
I'm using 10.14.1 on my Late 2013 iMac non-retina. Why did Apple remove subpixel anti-aliasing? Why didn't they just leave it alone and include it as an option for those with non-retina screens. Makes no sense at all.
Don't forget. Apple deal with Microsoft also ran out for using the patent technology for the fonts.
Apple and Microsoft signed a patent cross-licensing agreement in 1997, back when Microsoft was so dominant they were under anti-trust investigation from the US government, and Apple was a breath away from bankruptcy.
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1292505/584.pdf
Microsoft invented sub-pixel antialiasing and have been awarded multiple patents for the technology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents
The deal expired in 2017.
Apple and Microsoft signed a patent cross-licensing agreement in 1997, back when Microsoft was so dominant they were under anti-trust investigation from the US government, and Apple was a breath away from bankruptcy.
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1292505/584.pdf
Microsoft invented sub-pixel antialiasing and have been awarded multiple patents for the technology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents
The deal expired in 2017.
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Stupid reasoning, not everyone can afford to.
People with multiple displays don’t necessarily have all-Retina screens.
Yeah I noticed it on my non-Retina, don't really care all that much to be honest.
Here's an excuse: I need a Pro laptop that's actually a Pro laptop, not some glued together POS I can't even run twin HDD's in
Here's an excuse: I need a Pro laptop that's actually a Pro laptop, not some glued together POS I can't even run twin HDD's in
Oh, I must've missed it, when did they start giving them away for free?
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There’s also no excuse for Apple releasing an OS upgrade that doesn’t work well (at least without a workaround) on non-Retina models when they are still selling them as new machines. Both the MacBook Air and base iMac are still non-Retina. That’s pretty sloppy especially for a company that prides itself in the motto “It just works!”
I think a lot of it has to do with the licensing deal expired with Microsoft.
Then they should have discontinued any non-Retina models the day they launched Mojave or found a way to temporarily extend the agreement.
Thanks for the post. Lots of people using non "retina" external monitors even if their Mac has a Retina display.
I'm finding that turning off 'Use font smoothing when available' in system preferences / general, seems to improve things.
Ok, you said it, no excuses: You can PayPal me the $3000 or so, to buy a new a MBP with 16GB ram, and 1TB SSD to replace my early 2011 MBP the has been upgraded 16GB Ram 1TB SSD and upgraded airport card to support airdrop?
The $3000 would be fine, as I can afford to pay the taxes on my own.
hah lol man ... not just my eye strain , my heart also..
