El Capitan font rendering on non-retina displays

[create90mph]

How is the font smoothing issue working out for everyone in El Capitan for non retina displays?

For me in Yosemite it was awful on my 2012 iMac, and I had to tern off font smoothing. Have things improved in the El Capitan?

Any other non-retina users out there? What is your take on this issue? Do you have font smoothing on or off?

 

[Shirasaki]

I am a MacBook Air user and I keep font smoothing on. So far so good.

 

[MacGizmo]

The new font (and font smoothing in general) is hideous on non-retina displays, IMO.

 

[create90mph]

The new font (and font smoothing in general) is hideous on non-retina displays, IMO.

I just finished upgrading, and I would agree. The font smoothing is making everything look too bold. And with it turned off, it's much harder to read.

I wish there was a way to have somewhere in the middle. Is there a way to adjust font smoothing outside of system preferences?

 

[lambertjohn]

The new font (and font smoothing in general) is hideous on non-retina displays, IMO.

Looks beautiful on my 2010 non-retina Macbook. Very happy with it!

 

[create90mph]

So... I just restarted my mac (instead of logging out) and it look 10x better with font smoothing turned on