Is there any way to get XCode to render text in the editor with anti-aliasing enabled? I can't see anything in the preferences dialog that would do it.
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XCode text is already anti-alaised. Check to make sure the font size is larger than specified in:
System Preferences -> Appearance.
If it is larger than that you can try this command at the command line to edit the application setting for xcode.
defaults write com.apple.xcode AppleAntiAliasingThreshold -int <font-size>
defaults write com.apple.xcode AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold -int <font-size>
Adam Peck
2008-12-31 22:41:11
I'm sure it's not anti-aliasing - and this is a fresh MacBook that's had nothing but Xcode loaded onto it so far. I tried your setting with a size of 4 (which is what the system prefs setting has by default) and it made no difference. I'll try posting a screenshot.
U62
2009-01-01 01:49:26
Try increasing your font size. If that makes it antialaised then there must be some other setting restricting it from doing it.
Adam Peck
2009-01-02 15:30:13
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The default code font in Xcode and Terminal is 10-point Monaco, which is traditionally not anti-aliased because there are hand-tuned bitmaps for this.
You can use the Fonts & Colors pane in the Xcode Preferences to have Xcode use whatever fonts, sizes and colors you prefer. For example, you could use 11-point Monaco or larger if you want anti-aliased text, or you could use one of a number of bitmap-only programming fonts at their native sizes if pixel-sharpness matters to you.
Personally, I rather like Courier 12 and Inconsolata 13 for coding. Courier comes with Mac OS X, while Inconsolata is a free monospaced font from Raph Levien.
Chris Hanson
2009-01-03 09:40:26
Thanks! Being a Mac newbie it never occured to me that it depended on the size of the typeface - on Windows you enable cleartype and everything is anti-aliased forevermore.
U62
2009-01-03 21:59:14
It's not just based on the size of the typeface - it's based on both the size and the presence of a tuned bitmap version of the font at that size.
Chris Hanson
2009-01-04 01:35:39
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Just a hint: To change the font for all categories in xcode click inside the category table, press cmd+a and double click somewhere in the category table. The changes you apply in the Fonts dialog afterwards are applied to all categories.
Hope this helped
stigi
2009-01-14 15:04:27