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VogonPoet
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I want to use a great programming font (i.e., bitmapped & monospaced) called Proggy Clean as my main editing font (in IDE, editors, etc.) on OS X.
The only way that this font works and looks good is if it is used at a 16 point font size with anti-aliasing turned OFF. In OS X's terminal (Terminal.app) one can specify which font to use AND if anti-aliasing should be on or off. I havn't seen any other app provide this functionality.
Is it possible (on a global OS level) to get OS X to do anti-aliasing on a font by font basis? I.e. tell it never to use anti-aliasing for font X but always for font Y? I know one can specify in System Preference->Appearance at which font size level anti-aliasing (smoothing) should not be applied, but this is a global threshold which affects all fonts. Since the ProggyClean font needs to be used at size 16, turning off smoothing for all fonts smaller than 16 would result in a horrible looking desktop.
I've looked at Silk, and although it is a step in the right direction, it only allows you to turn anti-aliasing on or off on a per aplication basis (for all fonts), which is not quite what I'm looking for.
Any suggestions on how to address the issue?
Thanks
VP
The only way that this font works and looks good is if it is used at a 16 point font size with anti-aliasing turned OFF. In OS X's terminal (Terminal.app) one can specify which font to use AND if anti-aliasing should be on or off. I havn't seen any other app provide this functionality.
Is it possible (on a global OS level) to get OS X to do anti-aliasing on a font by font basis? I.e. tell it never to use anti-aliasing for font X but always for font Y? I know one can specify in System Preference->Appearance at which font size level anti-aliasing (smoothing) should not be applied, but this is a global threshold which affects all fonts. Since the ProggyClean font needs to be used at size 16, turning off smoothing for all fonts smaller than 16 would result in a horrible looking desktop.
I've looked at Silk, and although it is a step in the right direction, it only allows you to turn anti-aliasing on or off on a per aplication basis (for all fonts), which is not quite what I'm looking for.
Any suggestions on how to address the issue?
Thanks
VP