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Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by sitharus on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @02:39PM (#4637597)
definitely a well-known, it's been the case ever since MacOS had antialiasing.

It's unlikely to be 'fixed' as it's a different philosophy between the OSs.

Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by cutie on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @02:46PM (#4637625)
Also, as I alluded to in my previous comment, as resolutions increase in the future, the Mac OS approach is more correct in the long run. Though, it has come with the cost of fuzzy fonts and squinting for the last decade.
Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by randallu on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @04:23PM (#4638002)
Does it actually make any difference? As a pixel size decreases, grid fitting becomes more accurate too.
Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by cutie on Thursday October 11, 2012 @12:17AM (#4639360)
This may not be true, as I've gotten more info above. Too late to change.
Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by arunoda on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @02:59PM (#4637672)
Seems like that's why they are investing more on Retina displays.
Re:Font Rendering - Mac vs Ubuntu by melling on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @03:30PM (#4637769)
It's probably the vision that they had planned for years. Isn't that where we all want to go? I'm hoping that "Retina" becomes the new standard everywhere within the next few years.