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How to Fix Blurry Fonts in MacOS Mojave / Catalina for Non-Retina Displays
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defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1

Light font smoothing defaults command (my selection):

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1

Medium font smoothing defaults command:

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

Strong font smoothing defaults command:

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 3
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brukh commented Apr 15, 2020

thanks Daniil, this was helpful!

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GabrielAnca commented Jun 13, 2020 •
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Thank you for this! However, I think this works only on high DPI displays. In my 1080p display it only makes it look worse 😢

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