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It's looking like the topic is pretty much case closed unless there's a system hack to fundamentally fix this issue system-wide.Finally, I contacted the font experts at Monotype. I could always try decreasing the resolution and say, 'hey, look, I fixed it!' They do have older eyes than I have so it's possible it's a mindset rather than an observable issue on their end. I think I'll go for round 2 in trying to coerce the user to try a decreased resolution as some people, as evidenced above, don't notice the imperfections. The clarity of the images stays intact, the quality of the font stays intact (or arguably increases in quality) and the resolution stays the same.

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My Windows system' center monitor is a 2560 x 1440 resolution and I immediately defaulted to 'large' DPI (150% from default) simply because it looks great and the fonts would be too small otherwise.

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Well, I'd say the common standard is typically 22 - 24' at 1080p but the question is mostly irrelevant since it's common practice to adjust the system DPI if the fonts are too small since it really is a couple mouse clicks. I've never owned any Windows machine - what is the native resolution on a comparable size computer? Googling found this among others 27' widescreen, but only 1920 pixels across so the fonts will appear larger (and, apparently, is the exact resolution MichelPM is using on his). I see many, many threads on this topic but so far there seems to be no resolution for this glaring oversight. I'm still quite stunned that this isn't a configurable option.

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However my maths not good enough to calculate if the larger size and higher resolution will improve the ratio even slightly.Īnother alternative is that I suggest they get a Mac mini and an LG 24' display with 1080p, those extra inches could compensate and they'd get the same quality LCD panel.

It's unfortunate there's no way to change this setting and I almost suggested they go with a larger screen but then I discovered this issue also exists with the 27' displays as well. I believe the iMac they're upgrading from had a similar sized screen but lower resolution so the fonts were literally larger and it seemed to look good to them.

The person in question is working with photography and wants to work with the native resolution, and wants all font sizes larger to minimize eye strain. That's technically incorrect and incorrect as it pertains to people like myself that can perceive the wrong resolution compared to the resolution the display was designed for, but I understand what you're trying to communicate.

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If your friend is unhappy with this fact and have had this IMac less than 14 days, he or she can return the IMac for a full refund and use it to purchase that Windows computer. Other than than the suggestions, I have made there is no other ways to change this. You can easily change the size of the OS X Dock as well in OS X Dock Preferences and the text size of other elements of the Finder like desktop text and icon sizes in OS X Finder preferences. I am not sure what resolutions are available, but the only way to make the main top menu text larger is to change the IMac's resolution.ĭoes the iMac in question have 1920 X 1080 or something close to this available? It looks fine and not distorted in any way, at all. The use of the IMac is NOT tied to using it at its default native resolution. The native resolution, I find, is too small for my aging eyes, so I bumped it down one notch to the next available resolution which was 1920 X1080. For starters, there is no such thing as ' wrong resolution.'

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