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🐞 Blurry font

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the blurry code text in CodeEdit 0.3.3-alpha on macOS 13.7.8 with the reported non-Retina display and compare it with selected text, which appears sharp. Trace the desktop text-rendering path to identify the cause; done means unselected code text is consistently sharp without depending on its font or styling.

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Description

bug
Description

Some code text appears blurry regardless of the font or its styling.

To Reproduce

Either create an empty file and type in some code or open a file with pre-existing code.

Expected Behavior

The entire code text must not appear blurry.

Version Information

CodeEdit: Version 0.3.3-alpha (44)
macOS: 13.7.8
Xcode: 15.2

Additional Context

Not sure what causes this issue. My monitor is HP w2207h set at its 1680x1050 native resolution, it's possible that it has to do with the display being non-Retina.

Screenshots

The selected text appears correctly, the rest is blurry.

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Dominant language
Swift
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