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bobright

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Jun 29, 2010
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I honestly can't tell what it does.

Do you guys think its better to use or not to? I have a 27" so not sure if it would help or not...maybe itd make text a little easier on the eyes w/ the big screen?
 
Font Smoothing is the same as anti-aliasing. It makes fonts less pixelated, but it can also make them look blurry. You won't see much difference either way on an iMac b/c the screen is optimized for Macs. It's really more of a setting for 3rd party monitors.
 
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