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In Yosemite, when I look at a pdf file in Preview the fonts are blurry compared to Mavericks. The upper image below is a screenshot using Mavericks, and the lower one is from Yosemite.
I tried fiddling with LCD font smoothing in preferences, and restarting, but nothing changed. Anyone else having this issue, and maybe found a solutions?
What I have found as a temporary solution is to open Preview, set the desired windows width (but not full screen) and then press Cmd+1.
That improves the text sharpness, but it doesn't fix the issue, since I preferably use the full screen mode to read PDFs.
I have had this problem with papers that are produced using latex.
I have solved this problem as soon as I have installed the fonts corresponding to latex in my system. I have done this by installing the package MacTex which can be downloaded from internet at the url http://www.tug.org/mactex/
why is the option not presented on my Mac?
BTW, you should click on each image to open it in order to see its correct resolution.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6608276?answerId=26878460022#26878460022
Someone who still has Yosemite installed should report this as a bug to Apple.
Happens when you drag the window with mouse.
Press command + 0 or command + shift + -/+
Dear Stuart Field and concerned Apple staff,
Apparently it is because the anti-aliasing algorithm used by Preview.app in Yosemite is incorrect.
The same problem has been raised and discussed recently on other sites including Redditand StackExchange.
A comparison of the same PDF viewed in 10.9 and 10.10 can be seen below (images taken from this post).
10.9 (correct and beautiful with colorful shadow):
and on 10.10 (weird, grey shadow):
Presumably this bug is coming from the incorrect adjustment for Mac family with retina display.
Note that this bug does NOT happen in Safari, which is quite amusing.
Sincerely,
Leo
I'm having problems with Annotations in Preview 8 (Yosemite) rendering incorrectly as well, as I've detailed in this thread with screenshots:
Yosemite Preview is not the same as Mavericks Preview!
Bhavesh
I have the same problem. Apple's legendary pdf smoothing algorithm--that served me so well until Mavericks--is utterly flawed in Yosemite. I am literally squinting at text in pdf documents--it looks gray!
I have the same issue, however I did find that in full screen mode, selecting "continuous scrolling" under the view options dramatically improves the appearance. Or simply press ⌘1 when in Preview.
I think "continuous scrolling" is enabled by default and it does not help this issue. The only workaround I am aware of so far is to open PDFs using Safari.
Another option is to use Preview 7 from Mavericks....
Hi Leo, give it a chance in full screen by pressing ⌘1
I am certain you will be viewing your PDF in the original quality of the file.
Tried. No improvement.
Seems in OS X 10.10.1, Preview 8.0 (859), that the text is crisp and clear when opening, but gets blurred when for instance adjusting window height. When slightly altering the window width, text looks sharp again. As if the text is initially rendered like it should, but then for performance reasons is translated to an image in memory. The translation occurs in a flawed way then.
Font in Preview blurry
