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<blockquote data-quote="creosote7" data-source="post: 275824"><p><strong>I agree with you completely...</strong></p><p></p><p>I agree 100% with the poster of this thread. I've been a windows/linux user for </p><p>many many years and I use very high resolution monitors (1680x1050 on a 15" LCD). Therefore I'm used to very crisp, clean text with no blur or fuzziness. I just recently bought a Macbook Pro and I'm really struggling with the font smoothing. I have also tried Tinkertool to turn off the font smoothing on larger sizes, but it doesn't help a lot. From the original post I think the Linux screenshot looks perfect...nice crisp and thin fonts that are very legible and won't kill your eyes over time. As much as I like this new MBP I'm considering selling it bc I can't handle the font smoothing...I get a headache after only spending 15 min looking at the screen.</p><p></p><p>Here is a good article written about this same problem with some decent</p><p>advice, but no perfect solutions.</p><p><a href="http://www.atpm.com/12.01/paradigm.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.atpm.com/12.01/paradigm.shtml</a></p><p></p><p>I would be interested in any solutions someone may have ..</p><p></p><p>thanks,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creosote7, post: 275824"] [b]I agree with you completely...[/b] I agree 100% with the poster of this thread. I've been a windows/linux user for many many years and I use very high resolution monitors (1680x1050 on a 15" LCD). Therefore I'm used to very crisp, clean text with no blur or fuzziness. I just recently bought a Macbook Pro and I'm really struggling with the font smoothing. I have also tried Tinkertool to turn off the font smoothing on larger sizes, but it doesn't help a lot. From the original post I think the Linux screenshot looks perfect...nice crisp and thin fonts that are very legible and won't kill your eyes over time. As much as I like this new MBP I'm considering selling it bc I can't handle the font smoothing...I get a headache after only spending 15 min looking at the screen. Here is a good article written about this same problem with some decent advice, but no perfect solutions. [URL="http://www.atpm.com/12.01/paradigm.shtml"]http://www.atpm.com/12.01/paradigm.shtml[/URL] I would be interested in any solutions someone may have .. thanks, [/QUOTE]
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