font appears dilated after upgrade to ImageJ 1.53d and Mac OS Catalina

Posted by jvander on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/font-appears-dilated-after-upgrade-to-ImageJ-1-53d-and-Mac-OS-Catalina-tp5023919.html

After upgrading to ImageJ 1.53d AND from High Sierra to Catalina, I found a difference in how SansSerif font displays.  Specifically I choose:

Font: SansSerif
Style: Plain
Color black
Size 12
uncheck antialias

Then I create text in an 8 bit image window.

Prior to the two upgrades, the text appeared as nice thin and readable.  Straight line segments in a letter are a single pixel wide.

After the upgrades, the text appears dilated and unreadable. It looks like it is trying to be bold as everything is two pixels wide.   But if I change to bold it is even more dilated.

Might this be something odd with ImageJ 1.53d or something unique to Catalina?

I tried Arial and Helvetica and got the same frustrating appearance.

Suggestions are most welcome, and yes, I realize I should not have done both upgrades at the same time!  :)

thanks

Joe Vandergracht

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