From 1b0d72244d5df61d9fbe10808808b3c045a3382b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Bonfil <bonfil@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:41:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Enable thin font smoothing in macOS (bug#28222)

* src/nsterm.m (syms_of_nsterm): Define var ns-use-thin-smoothing.
* src/macfont.m (macfont_draw): Use font smoothing.

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
---
 src/macfont.m | 6 ++++++
 src/nsterm.m  | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/macfont.m b/src/macfont.m
index 19145f92c0a..59891353cd3 100644
--- a/src/macfont.m
+++ b/src/macfont.m
@@ -2888,6 +2888,12 @@ macfont_draw (struct glyph_string *s, int from, int to, int x, int y,
       if (no_antialias_p)
         CGContextSetShouldAntialias (context, false);
 
+      if (!NILP (ns_use_thin_smoothing))
+        {
+          CGContextSetShouldSmoothFonts(context, YES);
+          CGContextSetFontSmoothingStyle(context, 16);
+        }
+
       CGContextSetTextMatrix (context, atfm);
       CGContextSetTextPosition (context, text_position.x, text_position.y);
 
diff --git a/src/nsterm.m b/src/nsterm.m
index 22f8efd6b96..ff3329d1cee 100644
--- a/src/nsterm.m
+++ b/src/nsterm.m
@@ -9133,6 +9133,10 @@ allowing it to be used at a lower level for accented character entry.");
                "Non-nil (the default) means to render text antialiased.");
   ns_antialias_text = Qt;
 
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("ns-use-thin-smoothing", ns_use_thin_smoothing,
+               "Non-nil turns on a font smoothing method that produces thinner strokes.");
+  ns_use_thin_smoothing = Qnil;
+
   DEFVAR_LISP ("ns-confirm-quit", ns_confirm_quit,
                "Whether to confirm application quit using dialog.");
   ns_confirm_quit = Qnil;
-- 
2.39.2