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Add an option to change font smoothing level in macOS #3474

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Discussed in #836

Originally posted by waydabber July 18, 2022
Some users seek changing the grayscale font smoothing levels in macOS via the following commands:

defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 0
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 1
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 3
defaults -currentHost delete -g AppleFontSmoothing

There could be a simple menu for this under Tools for easier access.

Note, that this will not bring back subpixel font smoothing (Windows ClearType like fonts for LoDPI displays), simply change the traditional antialiasing intensity (makes fonts look somewhat lighter/bolder).

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