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blurry font on yosemite

so i've upgraded to yosemite.

overall i like it, simplified and more like iOS

however the first thing that hit me is how blurry all the text is everywhere!

it's pretty awful, i'm sure it wasn't that bad with mavericks

the menu bar at the top of the screen is worse of all, i really don't understand what is going on here.it's bad and i hope it will be addressed in an update

i think you can see from this screen shot how the web text is fairly clear whilst the menu bar is blurry

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 7:37 AM

206 replies

Jun 28, 2015 1:11 PM in response to crystalship

(deleted my inadvertent duplicate post.)

sfdt

Level 1

0 points

Jul 5, 2015 1:43 AM in response to Philippe Mion

Interesting thread. I bought a Mac Mini (Late 2014) to see whether I would want to move to Apple. Immediately noticed the blurry fonts; tried all the fixes without any success. Currently back to Windows on the same computer (Boot Camp), and the same Samsung monitor. Text is perfectly clear and crisp. I do not understand how this could be ignored in every update - perhaps some (most?) people are simply not bothered by the blurry fonts? I decided to wait for El Capitan - doubt this will ever be addressed in Yosemite - and then probably permanently back to Windows.

Aug 6, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Philippe Mion

Dear all,

Have found a fantastic solution to the blurry fonts issue. Check out the link below

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/advanced-tips-for-mac-os-x-yosemit e-3582877/

please navigate to TIP 17, where in there is a link to download a small patch to install the LUCIDA GRANDE font back to YOSEMITE. It works brilliantly and all the blurriness is off. While you are at it, try some of the other tips as well, especially the dark mode. It looks and feels real awesome.

With the LUCIDA GRANDE installed, you can actually enable the font smoothening option. It makes it better. This solution works perfect for the Non Retina display machines.

Cheers

Vignesh

Aug 6, 2015 2:51 PM in response to Eluisg

Inadvertant repost

Sep 24, 2015 1:51 AM in response to vigneshfromwiesbaden

Guys, does anyone know if El Capitan will fix (or at least alleviate a bit) this frustrating issue? They changed the font to 'San Francisco' so I'm hoping they made a good pick..

thanks!

Sep 24, 2015 4:38 AM in response to mattiapetrucciani

It's fixed on my 27" iMac with 10.11, the new font is much better. It's annoying that it took Apple so long to fix it.

enryfox

Level 1

16 points

Sep 27, 2015 12:55 AM in response to mattiapetrucciani

Trying El Capitan 10.11.1 beta on my iMac 20" and so far so good. Beside the new UI font (San Francisco) the random blurriness seems fixed.

It took apple one year and one major release to address this annoying issue, but at least now it's fixed.

bye

Sep 30, 2015 3:00 PM in response to Jonathan Doyle

My external monitor is an HP E231. The font still looks crappy on El capitan. This is my company provided Mac, as I've always used Linux before and have never had this problem.

How do you turn off anti-aliasing? Unchecking the "font smoothing" button did not help enough.

Oct 17, 2015 4:19 AM in response to Jonathan Doyle

Same here. My 27-inch iMac (Late 2009) no longer has this issue on El Capitan.

LucanTue

Level 1

4 points

Oct 23, 2015 9:50 PM in response to rgosens2

https://github.com/jenskutilek/FiraSystemFontReplacement/releases/tag/v4.100http ://

Aug 17, 2016 12:24 PM in response to Philippe Mion

I had the same problem. Blurry text on all applications. Sometimes it helped to re-boot then it kept happening more often. I called Apple support and they had me do a PRAM reset. Shut down computer then restart while holding down Cmd + Opt + P + R. Hope that helps. Fixed mine for now.

blurry font on yosemite