topic Re: Maya for Mac menu font rendering in Maya Forum

Maya for Mac menu font rendering

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:31:37 GMT

For some reason the font rendering in the menubar on a Mac (os 10.11 & 10.12) is completely different to all other MacOS apps. The fonts in the Maya menubar look thin and unaliased compared to other apps. Is there a way to get the fonts to show as they are in standard system apps and other apps like photoshop etc?

Maya 2016 ext2 sp1 and Maya 2017 both display the same. Fresh OS installs.

Also, is there a way to speed up the menubar drop down menus, they are dog slow compared to other new apps.

Mac Pro 2x2.93 six core
48gb Ram
Mac GTX 680
2x 24" 1920x1200 displays.

Other apps are really fast on the above compared to Maya....but the font rendering bothers me!!

Re: Maya for Mac menu font rendering

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:13:18 GMT

Can't find an edit button..

Typo, it's not 2017, it's 2016.

Re: Maya for Mac menu font rendering

Nadja.Bueckmann — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:28:24 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

do you mean the font of the general Maya menus?

I attached an image of the Maya 2016 Menu how it looks on my Mac.

Best, Nadja

Re: Maya for Mac menu font rendering

Nadja.Bueckmann — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:33:51 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

if it looks different on your side it might be related to this issue: different font in UI on Mac OS X

Best, Nadja

Re: Maya for Mac menu font rendering

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 08:58:41 GMT

Hi, sorry not that menu, the Apple menubar at the very top. The fonts are different (thinner) than other apps.

I've upgraded to 2017 and as all the menu items have moved to the app window this is no longer a problem. I would love to know if there is a way to disable the QT shafows under the menus though...