[Gfoss] Mac & QGIS: low resolution

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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 :slight_smile:

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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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@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@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 :slight_smile:

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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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@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@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@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@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 :slight_smile:

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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