LCD Font Smoothing

Doug Bowman shares a top tip on Twitter, his tip? To turn off LCD font smoothing on your Mac to get more readable text. I made the change this morning on my retina MacBook Pro and wow is text sharp. Looks fantastic now.

I wonder what the origins of this feature are…

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by Ben Brooks
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Doug Bowman shares a top tip on Twitter, his tip? To turn off LCD font smoothing on your Mac to get more readable text. I made the change this morning on my retina MacBook Pro and wow is text sharp. Looks fantastic now. I wonder what the origins of this feature are…