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It does affect Retina devices. That's the whole point. I made the same change that Apple is going to make and the fonts looked far worse (almost unreadable). You can observe the same if you have an Apple device by going to: System Preferences-->General-->Use LCD Font Smoothing When Available.

Apple is removing sub-pixel anti-aliasing for all devices, not just non-Retina ones.

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http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparis...

Thanks. The fonts are noticeably blurrier/less defined in the Mojave capture.

Come on, no they're not. Those screenshots are virtually identical.

Maybe this person's eyesight is better or worse than yours, or perhaps just different. You might be surprised what some people are bothered by, or trained to spot, that others aren't...

Here's a possibly better comparison, because it annoyed me that the windows weren't aligned: http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparis...

Thanks for the improved comparison.

Zoomed in on my 10" iPad Pro the main thing I notice is kerning differences.

Thanks, that's much better. I think it shows that Mojave renders the fonts clearly better: check out for instance 'll' in 'ullamco'. Generally, almost identical pictures though.

Try the beta before venting. It’s not the same thing.

Downloading the beta now, but have seen screenshots of both (here and elsewhere).

I've been on the beta for a couple days (using a 2016 12" MacBook) and I haven't noticed anything. There's a visible difference when I disable LCD font smoothing in settings, but not much changes besides fonts appearing somewhat thinner.

I installed Mojave beta on my MacBook Pro. It is the same thing. The fonts look identical to toggling off the setting "Use LCD font smoothing when available" in High Sierra. And by the same thing, I mean they look very bad in Mojave.

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