Font rendering issue with rMBP (Macbook issue or website issue?)

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  1. Vinterbird, Feb 27, 2013

    Vinterbird macrumors newbie

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    So I have a somewhat weird issue with a Retina Macbook. A website that would normally look like this:

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    But viewed on a Retina Macbook it looks like this:

    [​IMG]

    Every piece of text looks bold and harder to read.


    So is there a way to fix this on the Macbook (font smoothing or the likes?) or is it a website issue with font-rendering or choice of fonts used?
     
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  2. benthewraith, Feb 27, 2013

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    To be honest, the second shot looks better than the first.
     
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  3. jafingi, Feb 27, 2013

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    Hej ;)

    You are using percentage in font-size. Therefore it will look different depending on the pixel ratio (which is different on the rMBP).
     
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  4. Vinterbird, Feb 27, 2013

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    Any way to force a rMBP to render a website so it looks like the first picture (non-Retina)
     
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  5. Modernape, Feb 27, 2013

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    just turn off font-smoothing in Sys prefs>General, log out and back in.
     
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  6. mykem, Feb 27, 2013

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    You can try decreasing the font size: CMD - (or + to increase).
     
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  7. Geodosan, Feb 27, 2013

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  8. stevelam, Feb 27, 2013

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    bigger font is harder to read? thats a first. you don't mention what the screenshot from the 1st one is from (browser? OS?). different browsers under different OS's will render webpages differently.
     
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  9. leman, Feb 27, 2013

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    I think this is spot-on. It seems that the browser does not correctly interpret font sizes relative to the backing factor (and thus effectively magnifying the text 2x across the board).

    As stevelam suggests, try it with different browsers.
     
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