PS the spacing is very uneven. That does not look right.

-Phil.

> On May 24, 2020, at 5:16 PM, Phil Race <philip.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> That looks normal.
> 
> -Phil.
> 
>> On May 24, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Rob Nikander <rob.nikan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 24, 2020, at 5:46 PM, Philip Race <philip.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That's likely LCD sub-pixel text. Its normal to see it if you squint. Not 
>>> new.
>> 
>> I’m doubting that this is normal, but let me try to share a few screenshots 
>> so we can be sure. (All pasted into one PNG for easy comparison):
>> 
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pHtehqm8AP0H_dkV3NdczRdqNSA5gq2o/view?usp=sharing
>> 
>> (I hope that if you view those on a retina display, you will still see the 
>> blockier appearance of my non-retina laptop screen. )
>> 
>> You can see the shaved “o” characters there, but I’m just talking about the 
>> colors now. Is that normal? To me the JavaFX text looks significantly worse 
>> than the native app text [1]. In the native app, I don’t see any color, even 
>> looking real close. The JavaFX seems like it went overboard on something. 
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> [1] It’s a screenshot from Pages, but they all look the same.
>> 
>>> macOS has been moving away from it but people with non-retina displays have 
>>> lamented its passing.
>>> 
>>> https://osxdaily.com/2018/09/26/fix-blurry-thin-fonts-text-macos-mojave/
>>> 
>>> FX still requests LCD tho'. Although it is not clear how long macOS will 
>>> continue to provide it.
>> 

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