hi, i had a similar problem. you could try this : LyX preferences > look and feel > screen fonts : 1) set zoom to 100% 2) increase the font sizes of all the sub-options 3) set dpi to 72 4) set roman font to "helvetica" :) 5) uncheck "use pixmap cache to speed up font rendering" !!!
cheers, S Daniel Lohmann-2 wrote: > > Hey LyX folks, > > I have been using LyX for years on Windows and Linux. Now I got my first > Mac (running OS X 10.5.1) and one of the first things I installed on it > was LyX - of course. > > 1) I installed TexShop 2.14 as TeX-distro. Is this the recommended LaTeX > for OS X in conjunction with LyX? > > 2) I installed LyX 1.5.2. Works like a charm, however, there seem to be > font rendering problems with the display fonts. > > a) Whenever I change the screen fonts in the preferences (typeface, > zoom, etc.) and press "Apply", the new font seems to be applied only > partly. The spacing becomes strange, sometimes only every second or > third word appears in the new font. I have to save the settings and > restart LyX for the spacing to look "right". Is this a known problem? > > b) In general the screen fonts look, well, ugly. There seems to go on > some font smoothing that does not really work. The font-rendering is a > lot better in LyX for Windows or Linux, as well as in all other OS X > applications. I am using the Times, Helvetica, and Courier as screen > fonts (the default). > > Is this a known problem? I remember reading about font rendering > problems on OS X in conjunction with math typesetting, however, in my > case it is just plain text. > > I would highly appreciate any recommendations. Maybe there is just a > hidden setting somewhere in LyX or OS X? Or a recommended font and zoom > level? > > > Thanks a lot! > > Daniel > > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Newbie%3A-LyX-on-OS-X-tp476520p3167394.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
