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Auntie Alias at OS X

Finally the secret has been revealed: how to turn off anti-aliasing in MacOS X:Start up the terminal app, type in (or copy and paste):

defaults write CoreGraphics CGFontDisableAntialiasing YES

Which turns off all anti-aliasing throughout the system. I didn't test to see if you can key an integer to anti-alias above that size. Changes come into effect when starting an application or on log out/in and restart.

Also discovered, OmniWeb has a specific setting for anti-aliasing

defaults read com.omnigroup.OmniWeb AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold 2

However changing this didn't appear to have an effect (maybe I've got the syntax wrong).To read the preferences:

defaults read

Thanks to Clive for finding this. YMMV SDA...

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Posted on: 21 September 2001
Posted by: PeterF@semiotx.com