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Why do fonts sometimes look "fat" on Mac OS X?

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Mar 15, 202611184 views
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Sometimes when resuming from suspend, the fonts in Mac OS X look "fatter" than normal. Unfortunately right now I can't get my Macbook Pro to exhibit the "normal" behavior for comparison, it has been abnormal yesterday and today. If I can get screenshots of what I think is 'normal', I'll add them. "…

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Fix for: Why do fonts sometimes look "fat" on Mac OS X?

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The issue becomes apparent when you zoom in on the images: As you can see, the skinny version is entirely greyscale, while the fat version has some pixels that are slightly reddish, and some that are slightly bluish. This occurs because of sub-pixel…

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