iTunes 11 .... Font's heavily anti aliased?

steffi · Nov 29, 2012, 11:34 PM

To me it's all blurred.

Next to Mail.app the fonts are just much crisper in Mail.app

These fonts are terrible.

nmilne · Nov 30, 2012, 09:39 AM

Me too. These fonts are now a real challenge to read. How do you set them back to the previous ones (simply) - I use varifocal lenses and the way that the fonts show are terrible

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Originally Posted by steffi

To me it's all blurred.

Next to Mail.app the fonts are just much crisper in Mail.app

These fonts are terrible.

Saladinos · Nov 30, 2012, 10:04 AM

Agree. Even on a retina MBP they look blurrier.

britsky · Nov 30, 2012, 10:13 AM

They look great to me on a 15" Retina. Is there any particular screen where they look unfocused to you? I'll be glad to screenshot and share the same for a comparison.

SamGabbay · Nov 30, 2012, 11:06 AM

Very confused...

What's blurry?

rmclachlan · Dec 1, 2012, 03:57 AM

I agree, the text is fuzzy. Looks terrible. Is this something to do with rendering on Retina screens?

gweedo · Dec 1, 2012, 12:33 PM

I had the opposite problem... fonts in iTunes weren't using anti-aliasing, and looked chunky and horrible. I fixed it by adjusting my system preferences settings for font smoothing (it is under the General tab). Mine was set to 12 (which turns off smoothing/anti-aliasing for any fonts smaller than 12 point). I changed this to 8, and now iTunes looks much better (non retina).

Axmann · Dec 19, 2012, 02:00 PM

iTunes 11 forces ClearType, the worst technology ever invented.

I like each pixel to either be on or off. I don't like ClearType AT ALL.

It's a problem with iTunes 11, not your screen. iTunes 10 didn't do it.

Nov 29, 2012, 11:34 PM	#1
steffi macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2003	iTunes 11 .... Font's heavily anti aliased? To me it's all blurred. Next to Mail.app the fonts are just much crisper in Mail.app These fonts are terrible.
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Dec 1, 2012, 12:33 PM	#7
gweedo macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: TX	Font smoothing in system prefs I had the opposite problem... fonts in iTunes weren't using anti-aliasing, and looked chunky and horrible. I fixed it by adjusting my system preferences settings for font smoothing (it is under the General tab). Mine was set to 12 (which turns off smoothing/anti-aliasing for any fonts smaller than 12 point). I changed this to 8, and now iTunes looks much better (non retina).
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Nov 30, 2012, 10:04 AM	#3
Saladinos macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2008	Agree. Even on a retina MBP they look blurrier.
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Nov 30, 2012, 10:13 AM	#4
britsky macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	They look great to me on a 15" Retina. Is there any particular screen where they look unfocused to you? I'll be glad to screenshot and share the same for a comparison.
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Nov 30, 2012, 11:06 AM	#5
SamGabbay macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2011	Very confused... What's blurry?
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Dec 1, 2012, 03:57 AM	#6
rmclachlan macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	I agree, the text is fuzzy. Looks terrible. Is this something to do with rendering on Retina screens?
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Dec 19, 2012, 02:00 PM	#8
Axmann macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2009	iTunes 11 forces ClearType, the worst technology ever invented. I like each pixel to either be on or off. I don't like ClearType AT ALL. It's a problem with iTunes 11, not your screen. iTunes 10 didn't do it.
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