Hi, Here is another image with a character in each case zoomed in using ColorMeter.
http://i66.tinypic.com/2w5m795.jpg Wishes, Navneet > On 11-Apr-2017, at 2:00 AM, Quincey Morris > <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2017, at 11:20 , Navneet Kumar <navnee...@me.com > <mailto:navnee...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Actually I’m using text fields for simplicity at a lot of places. And >> drawInRect: at some places, in order to vertically centre the multi-line >> text more conveniently. > > Here are some possibilities to consider: > > 1. Shadow. What happens if you don’t specify the shadow? > > 2. Resolution. It may be that the text drawing ends up in drawing contexts > with different resolution backing stores (1x vs. 2x vs. 3x). > > 3. Size. Does the weird effect scale with point size? If you draw the text > much larger, are the results much closer to each other? > > 4. Anti-aliasing. There is some behind the scenes magic when drawing text, > that determines whether it knows the background color and therefore whether > it anti-aliases using the background color. > > 5. Overlays. It’s possible that NSTextField already draws the text more than > once, to give a partial outline effect that increases contrast with mid-level > color backgrounds. > > 6. Traits. NSTextField may be opting into the trait behavior that classifies > text as Body, Headline, Caption, etc. These things might cause some > adjustment to the font weight. Or the accessibility features that change the > font appearance. (But I’m not sure which of those is available on macOS.) > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
