MacBook Pro and resolution/fonts

Is it just me or does the font on the MacBook/MacBook Pro's seem a little blurrier than on a PC. It seems to have sort of a shadow or is blurry around the edges of the fonts?

I thought I read about this once, where the idea behind Apples OS is to make the fonts appear exactly on the screen as they do when printed?

 

^you are right! it is how OS X's antiallising works

 

That's unfortunate, probably a deal breaker for me ... why would anyone buy a computer that displays a blurry/unclear font is beyond me?

Every time I get close to trying a MacBook Pro I learn something that holds me back from making the purchase, lol.

Screen / Font clarity is very important to me .. it's why I bought my Sony Z ... does this not bother any other make users ?? I mean blurry = eye strain, can't be good...

 

You can adjust the antialiasing in System Preferences. Many more choices for text than in Windows.

 

There is different redning in osx, then windows (xp or vista).

Some people like it, some people dont. I personally dont like the windows font rendering, and i like osx better. I'm still using firefox 2 because 3 uses a custom rendering/windows rendering, which i cant handle.

Everyone has their own preferences. If thats the dealbreaker for you, oh well guess you wont be getting a mac.

 

where can we check theses settings? thank you

 

Go to Preferences > Appearance. Look at the bottom of the window

 

It's just anti-aliasing. It can be turned off as described above. Also, Windows has the same feature, called ClearType, though it works a bit different. It turned on by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7, but it's off by default in Windows XP. I always turn it on as it makes small text easier to read, especially on higher resolution displays. Without anti-aliasing, some fonts are almost invisible in some situations, especially with pdfs.

 

My question is whether or not I can easily adjust MacBook's setting so the font's small or large aren't blurry?

I want a notebook with a screen that display's clear easy to read text, as in a Windows machine running Vista or XP ...

I read where some people have one preference over the other, that doesn't really make sense to me, either the font is clear and readable without eye strain or it isn't.

It's hard to imagine you can't easily adjust the settings a mac to show legible fonts as you can on a pc? It has to be possible, if not why don't more people complain about it, a clear easy to read screen with no eye strain should be on the top of everyone's list, right? I've read online where some people returned their macbook because of this, then I read your "eyes adjust to the blurriness after a few weeks ... that's hard to imagine too.

Help, I'm ready to go by a Mac, I'd really like to try one but still have a few concerns.

Thanks.

 

Maybe you saw a weird screen or something.

Its not like fonts in osx are unreadable, obviously people live with it. There is a difference, but its not as big as you make it out to be.

Check out another mac, like i said maybe you the one you saw was weird.

 

I am also finding the fonts blurry on my new MBP 13". How can anti-aliasing be turned off? I can't see any mention of it under System Preferences>Appearance. I only see font smoothing options which don't seem to help even though I log out each time I change the setting

 

sadly,you can't change that...

 

Have you guys calibrated your screens? I know the default is horrible and might play a factor into your issues.

 

Calibration AFAIK would not have anything to do with font clarity since calibration is for adjusting the colors.

 

Generally no. But my default setting was horrible and calibrating it properly upped the contrast quite a bit which made text clearer especially with items on the desktop.

However I am not bothered by Apple's font rendering. I too prefer it over Windows. I don't feel like my eyes are strained, and working with fonts often, I enjoy getting a truer representation of the font.

The font smoothing options in Appearances aren't going to make your text look like it does in Windows. So if you're bothered that much by it, then buying a mac is probably not an option.

By the way, you don't have to log out to check the changes when you change the font smoothing options. You just have to quit and restart the applications you're viewing text in to see the changes.

There's a longer thread in this forum about the Windows / OS X font debate. Search for it....it should be in the first 4 or 5 pages.

 

no idea what the OP is going on about... OSX fonts are clear and easily readable with no eye strain for me...