change dpi in microsoft word 2017 on mac osx sierra

#Change dpi in microsoft word 2017 on mac osx sierra mac os#

Neither of these may matter to a casual user but for professionals preparing material destined for high DPI (film or print) then it’s a world of difference. Windows scales the height and width but not the weight of the font.

Windows does not scale fonts linearly as the rough line points out.The two thing to note here arising from this “pixel-grid is king” approach are

#Change dpi in microsoft word 2017 on mac osx sierra mac os#

Here is an example of Times New Roman on Windows (left) and Mac OS (right) scaled over whole point sizes with sub-pixel precision: What they don’t seem to appreciate is the compromise this causes. Jeff and Joel both wrote follow up posts agreeing that it is one of philosophy but both are of the opinion that the Windows pixel-grid approach is the better whilst our displays are only capable of low dots-per-inch (DPI). The Mac with it’s design/DTP background is a much more accurate representation and scales more naturally than Windows which consequently jumps around a lot vertically. This means Windows looks sharper at the expense of not actually being a very accurate representation of the text. The primary difference is that Microsoft try to align everything to whole pixels vertically and sub-pixels horizontally.Īpple just scale the font naturally – sometimes it fits into whole pixels other times it doesn’t. Jeff Atwood asked What’s Wrong With Apple’s Font Rendering? and as I answered in the comments it comes down to philosophy: Font rendering philosophies of Windows & Mac OS Xġ3 June 2007 Apple Microsoft Typography macOS Windows