Apple has switched to the 2.2 Gamma. Don't know when though, probably the 10.5 or 10.6 era.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:01 AM, matt <maht-9f...@maht0x0r.net> wrote: > > i don't know. it's not libfreetype. fontsrv asks the OS X >>> graphics code to render each glyph into a box and then >>> concatenates the boxes to make the subfont. >>> all the text was noticeably lighter (more grey) >>> than in your screen shot when i put them side by side. >>> >>> >> >> this is due to apple's algorithm for rendering glyphs. >> >> I don't know if it is relevant but OSX uses a 1.8 Gamma whereas PC's (& > TVs) use 2.2 > >
