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Force Safari 1.0 anti-aliasing for small fonts
Editing a .plist file directly isn't recommended. You should use 'defaults write' at a command line for this. Also, the solution you came up with will prevent Safari from using fonts that are smaller than a certain size; this could prevent some web pages from rendering properly.
A better solution would be to tell Safari to antialias smaller fonts. Enter this at a Terminal command line: defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleAntiAliasingThreshold 5 Then restart Safari, and tiny fonts (5 point and above) will be smoothed.
Thanks Brain...
That got Safari back to normal, but for some reason, I've noticed that the problem for me is system-wide. I tried your "defaults write..." trick with another app, and it didn't work.
Specifically, I use an app called Password wallet, that has stopped having it's text be anti-aliased; I think since installing the new Safari. Anyone else experience similar results?
And as a matter of fact, I just checked, and Illustrator is displaying the same problem in its pallettes. I'm beginning to think it's a font problem. In fact, it might not be that the apps in question are not being smoothed, it's that the font is different...
I'll go back to my corner now. ;-} If anyone has any ideas though, please respond. I'm getting pretty confused by this!
Sorry for the tangential diversion.
John-o
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Ooops! [I meant Brian, but 'Brain' works.]
Quick update. I have a theory that Safari installed a new version of Helvetica on my system. I say this because I realized that what I hated about the way the text looks in these other apps is the same way Helvetica bugs me in AppleWorks!
Force Safari 1.0 anti-aliasing for small fonts
I have found that in the past setting AppleAntiAliasingThreshold did not force all fonts to render antialiased. I did not check it with Safari 1.
Force Safari 1.0 anti-aliasing for small fonts
Thank you, Brian. That was indeed the fix I needed. Excellent tip! |
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