[piriya]

Hello,

I have heard about the wash-out fonts on the 12" powerbook but I decided to get it anyway. Now I'm starting to notice it. I'm really new to mac so i don't know the ways things work, but are there any preferences i can change to alleviate this problem?

Your reply would be appreciated

[piriya]

Also, by saying wash-out, I mean the blurry texts. Sometimes when my fonts are really small, some alphabets become gray rather than black! (I hope my 12" powerbook is not defective) Moreover, a lot of alphabets have gray edges So I'm just trying to set the settings so that it will minimize this problem.

Thanks!

[11011001]

are you sure this isn't just antialiasing?

anyways, you can adjust this in System Preferences.. under a Appearance.

[Dr.Michael]

Originally posted by 11011001:
are you sure this isn't just antialiasing?

anyways, you can adjust this in System Preferences.. under a Appearance.

Preferences is one way.
The other is: use your terminal or BBedit.
In your homefolder is a hidden folder called .MacOSX. You can also use 'Go -> Go to Folder' from the finder menu.

Open the file (environment.plist) and change the entries.

<key>QDTEXT_ANTIALIASING</key>
<string>-1</string>
<key>QDTEXT_MINSIZE</key>
<string>48</string>

This means text antialiasing only for fonts larger than 48 Points. Choose any number that suits your personal preferences. This affects also the Finder menubar :0).

After that every font that is smaller than this number will appear very sharp, without gray edges (antialiasing).

If anyone has a way to change the fonts for the Icons on the desktop I would appreciate a hint.

Michael

[piriya]

Thanks for the reply! But just a quick question, what is antialiasing?

[Dr.Michael]

Originally posted by piriya:
Thanks for the reply! But just a quick question, what is antialiasing?

Why don't you simply search the web?

[amazing]

2 suggestions:

Download the free version of Tinkertool. Use it to change your font anti-aliasing.

Then, go to the Displays System Pref panel. Click on the "Color" tab and change your selection to "sRGB". Of course you have an LCD but the sRGB setting should give you dark text. You could also calibrate your LCD, just for kicks--my experience is that I end up with an appearance quite close to the sRGB setting.