Hello,
Is there any way to disable, or at least reduce, the anti-aliasing applied to text in the Houdini 22 interface?
I understand that anti-aliasing is normally intended to make fonts appear smoother, so this is not simply an aesthetic preference. Unfortunately, on my display the interface text appears slightly blurred, and I genuinely find it difficult and tiring to read, especially during long working sessions.
Sharper text, even with more visibly defined or slightly jagged edges, would be considerably easier for me to read.
I am using Houdini 22 on macOS Tahoe with an Apple Silicon Mac. I could not find any related option in the preferences, but perhaps there is an environment variable, a configuration file, or another hidden setting that controls text rendering.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Massimo Baita

Have you tried increasing the global UI scale?

Cheers
CYTE

Also the contrast, I always keep it high for my laptop

Thank you all for your replies and suggestions.

I increased the interface contrast, and this has made the problem noticeably less apparent. It is not completely solved, but the text is now easier for me to read.

Thanks again for your help.

Massimo Baita

What kind of screen are you using and at which resolution?

That sounds like a bug, text should be very sharp on a retina display.

Thank you all for your replies and suggestions.

I increased the interface contrast, and this has made the problem noticeably less apparent. It is not completely solved, but the text is now easier for me to read.

I am attaching two images shown at 100% and 200%. I hope they make the issue I am referring to more noticeable.

The main difference can be seen between the text on the nodes, which has much more pronounced anti-aliasing, and the text in the parameter interface, which appears to have only slight anti-aliasing.

The final image shows a typical situation in which I need to zoom out in the node graph to see the sequence of nodes, check for possible errors, and understand the overall structure. At that zoom level, the node text becomes particularly difficult for me to read.

Thanks again for your help.
Massimo Baita

This just looks like a bug, you should report it.
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/15603/ [www.sidefx.com]

AslakKS
This just looks like a bug, you should report it.
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/15603/ [www.sidefx.com]

yeah, looks like it's rendering the network editor text at half-res