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From: Lawson Culver <law...@theculvers.us>
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I left my MacBook Pro at work, so I wasn't able to (constructively) =
comment until now.

Monaco at 9pt is actually intentionally pixellated/blocky, so it looks =
the same on a retina vs. non-retina display.  I code in 18pt (who's =
blind now?), and the difference is painfully obvious.

Lawson Culver
law...@theculvers.us



On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Christopher Bort wrote:

> On 8/24/12 at 4:31 PM, law...@theculvers.us (Lawson Culver) wrote:
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>> Maybe you need a retina upgrade.  :-P
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> While my retinas are not quite what they may have been a decade or so =
ago, I can still read 9 point Monaco clearly, so they must not be too =
bad yet.  8^)
>=20
>> On Aug 24, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Christopher Bort
>> <top...@thehundredacre.net> wrote:
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>>> On 8/16/12 at 9:24 PM, robert.is...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> Really need this feature too! Obviously, I dont want to switch to
>>>> another editor.
>>>>  On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:00:26 AM UTC+7, Lawson wrote:
>>>>>  Is Retina support in the works for the new Retina MacBook Pro?  I
>>>>> was totally shocked when I opened up TextWrangler and it was all
>>>>> pixellated.  That feature alone would almost be worth getting
>>>>> BBEdit, if only it supported it either...
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>>> I just yesterday migrated my primary computer from Snow Leopard on a
>>> first gen MacBook to Mountain Lion on a brand new Retina Display
>>> MacBook Pro. FWIW, I am not seeing this issue. The text in
>>> TextWrangler looks absolutely normal OMM. I've tried a variety of
>>> fonts and sizes and everything, including my favored Monaco 9.
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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I =
left my MacBook Pro at work, so I wasn't able to (constructively) =
comment until now.<div><br></div><div>Monaco at 9pt is actually =
intentionally pixellated/blocky, so it looks the same on a retina vs. =
non-retina display. &nbsp;I code in 18pt (who's blind now?), and the =
difference is painfully obvious.</div><div><br><div><div =
apple-content-edited=3D"true">
<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; =
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; =
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Lawson =
Culver</div><div><a =
href=3D"mailto:law...@theculvers.us">law...@theculvers.us</a></div><div><b=
r></div></span><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<br><div><div>On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Christopher Bort =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On 8/24/12 at 4:31 PM, <a =
href=3D"mailto:law...@theculvers.us">law...@theculvers.us</a> (Lawson =
Culver) wrote:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Maybe you need a retina =
upgrade. &nbsp;:-P<br></blockquote><br>While my retinas are not quite =
what they may have been a decade or so ago, I can still read 9 point =
Monaco clearly, so they must not be too bad yet. =
&nbsp;8^)<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Aug 24, 2012, at 6:24 PM, =
Christopher Bort<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:top...@thehundredacre.net">top...@thehundredacre.net</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">On 8/16/12 at 9:24 PM, <a =
href=3D"mailto:robert.is...@gmail.com">robert.is...@gmail.com</a> =
wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Really =
need this feature too! Obviously, I dont want to switch =
to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">another =
editor.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> =
&nbsp;On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:00:26 AM UTC+7, Lawson =
wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> &nbsp;Is Retina support in the =
works for the new Retina MacBook Pro? =
&nbsp;I<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">was totally shocked when I =
opened up TextWrangler and it was =
all<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">pixellated. &nbsp;That feature =
alone would almost be worth =
getting<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">BBEdit, if only it supported it =
either...<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquo=
te type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">I just yesterday migrated my =
primary computer from Snow Leopard on =
a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">first gen MacBook to Mountain Lion on a brand new Retina =
Display<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite">MacBook Pro. FWIW, I am not seeing this issue. The text =
in<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">TextWrangler looks absolutely normal OMM. I've tried a =
variety of<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">fonts and sizes and everything, =
including my favored Monaco 9.<br></blockquote></blockquote>-- =
<br>Christopher Bort<br>&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:top...@thehundredacre.net">top...@thehundredacre.net</a>&gt=
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