>Can anyone tell me what syntax to use to turn off OS X font smoothing >for my application program in OS X? I understand the application >program is now able to control this rather than just relying on system >preferences. I, personally, think it is not a good thing to meddle with the way the user wishes to see type (fonts) displayed. Do you have a particular context in mind so that I can understand why you would want to do this? For example, do you want different types of smoothing in a Quark type app. Peter