System font in OSX

ghost_user_nameghost_user_name
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in macOS edited January 2014
How can you change the system font in OSX to a sharper one? - Its is so soft the system font..what is up with that??? <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    The short answer: You can't.



    However, you can use TinkerTool to disable the antialiasing. You can also set the variable for the system font, but many programs are hard-coded to use Lucida Grande rather than that variable.



    If you're really desperate to change the font, I've read elsewhere that you can replace Lucida Grande with another font provided that you modify the other font to act like Lucida. I don't recall the details of the process.
  • Reply 2 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    do you think Jaguar will be able to - the current system font is soft and rubbish - iy makes html sites look crapola <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 3 of 9
    chychchych Posts: 860member
    Are you sure it isn't your monitor that is fuzzy? The current font is perfect, imo...
  • Reply 4 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I tend to agree with chych. I think the antialiasing in Mac OS X is beautiful. Have you calibrated your monitor lately?



    No, I don't think Jaguar will have a new UI to allow you to replace Lucida Grande with a different font.
  • Reply 5 of 9
    hobbeshobbes Posts: 1,252member
    [quote]Originally posted by kittylitterdesign:

    <strong>do you think Jaguar will be able to - the current system font is soft and rubbish - iy makes html sites look crapola </strong><hr></blockquote>



    HTML sites? You can change the font of your browser, if you want, no problem.
  • Reply 6 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    i think its a classic example of Apple getting it wrong big time again - the soft fonts throughout the system are crapoloa and look rubbish <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 7 of 9
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    It sounds like you want to turn off anti-aliasing. The fonts themselves are not the problem.
  • Reply 8 of 9
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    [quote]Originally posted by kittylitterdesign:

    <strong>i think its a classic example of Apple getting it wrong big time again - the soft fonts throughout the system are crapoloa and look rubbish <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Uh, did you even listen to what they said?
  • Reply 9 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Troll.



    Chronic complainer, does not listen to suggestions offered.





    I'm tired of seeing this.







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