How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

  • 6 April 2022
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Are you noticing blurry text on your Mac’s display while navigating through the menu and across apps? More specifically, has this been an issue ever since you updated to macOS Monterey or Big Sur, and on a non-retina display? If so, chances are, font smoothing is enabled by default, and for some users they feel like this can result in slightly blurry text in menus and across apps. If you don’t like this, you’ll need to disable the feature in MacOS.

 

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Userlevel 7
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A great tip. There are times where smoothing can actually make things look worse. 

Userlevel 5

Thanks for the tip! Just updated to the new Mac OS! 

Userlevel 7
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Thanks for the tip! This has been driving me crazy since upgrading to Monterrey.

Userlevel 7
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Ah, that's a good one! I’m doing this now, many thanks!

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