I tried it on MacOS (MBP retina) and damn, it renders text awfully.

bscphil · on Sept 6, 2018

Same problem here on Linux. It seems to be bypassing Freetype. Nearly unreadable on my 1080p screen. It may be fast and featureful, but the appearance of the GUI and text are currently pretty bad.

fooblat · on Sept 6, 2018

The text looks very nice on my rMBP on the built-in display and absolutely terrible on my attached 2k display.

skykooler · on Sept 6, 2018

I remember seeing this in iTerm, but it was fixed by changing the subpixel hinting mode. Is there an option for this in kitty? I couldn't find one in the config, unless it has a different name.

rydel · on Sept 6, 2018

Exactly