[Gfoss] [OSGeo-Discuss] Mac & QGIS: low resolution

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Andy
Thank you very much for the support and help. I will try QGIS settings to
improve the looking...

Best
Maxi

Il 10 feb 2018 19:01, "Andy Anderson" <aanderson a amherst.edu> ha scritto:

> My MacBook Pro is 2880 x 1800, but I run it at 3/4 of that, 2160 x 1350,
> which is not much higher than your max. I’m running QGIS 2.18.15.
>
> But I see what you mean about the “open in low resolution” option being
> checked, I have that, too. I also see what you mean about the blockiness of
> the text — but it is being antialiased and I don’t really notice it if I
> don’t look too closely. The low-resolution mode also effects the icons, I
> see.
>
> Best I can suggest is to go into QGIS > Preferences… and modify the
> display with these options:
>
> General > Application > Font > Helvetica
> General > Application > Font > Size > 14
> Rendering > Rendering quality > Make lines appear less jagged at the
> expense of some performance
>
> This issue is under discussion with respect to QGIS version 3 development:
>
> https://github.com/qgis/homebrew-qgisdev/issues/5
>
> In older versions it seems to be a limitation that comes with Qt version 4.
>
> — Andy
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cannata a supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Andy
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> It is a Mac Book Pro display resolution is 1440*900 by default, rising to
> the max 1920*1200 it is a bit better but still is like text has no
> antialias.
>
> It seems it launch QGIS in low resolution (according to
> application->qgis->right click->obtain information QGIS is opened in low
> resolution. Unfortunately I cannot uncheck this option...
>
>
> Il 10 feb 2018 15:36, "Andy Anderson" <aanderson a amherst.edu> ha scritto:
>
> Hi, Maxi,
>
> I don’t have this problem on my Mac. QGIS adapts to the screen resolution
> in use, and current Macs generally have high-resolution screens. What type
> of Mac are you using, and can you look and see what the resolution is that
> you have it set to use? System Preferences > Display.
>
> — Andy
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cannata a supsi.ch> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Since I know you use Mac and QGIS I was wandering if there is a solution
> for low resolution QGIS interface on Mac.
>
> In my Ubuntu is looking great also with 3200*1800 but in Mac is horribly
> pixelized :-)
>
> Monday I will have course with students from visual communication bachelor
> so I already immagine the complaints for pixelized application... :-o
>
> Thanks for any answer
>
> Maxi
>
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