Mac OS Client - Poor font rendering

Deadline
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EDIT - look in the thread for the solution to this.

I am a bit disappointed in the appearance of the Mac OS client apps. I am wondering if anyone has a way of improving X11 font rendering in Mac OS. It would be great if I could both increase the font size, and use a nicer font with no anti-aliasing (Like Monaco). As you can see here, there is some really nasty stuff going on with the font rendering on this menu.

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I mentioned this in the other thread, but for those that are just following this one, our plan is to address OSX display issues like this in Deadline 6.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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I figured out a solution for this problem. I am not sure if installing XQuartz as a replacement for X11 was necessary, but I did that. It seemed to help a little.

The real solution, though, is to make the file:

~/.fonts.conf

and put this in it:

[code]<?xml version="1.0"?>

true

[/code]

I don’t know how you could enforce autohinting for your apps, but it might be possible and it helps tremendously. The font rendering looks almost on par with the Windows app now.