Is there any way to improve quality of a text in a figure? I'm using Macbook Pro with Retina display.

Hi. A few days ago, I downloaded a trial version of Matlab for my computer. As I mentioned, I am using Apple's Macbook Pro with Retina display. I found out, that text on a figures (title, labels) is much more pixelated than on my Windows computer, which I am using at work. I am looking to purchase a Matlab licence when trial version expires, but now I am a bit concerned.

I would like to ask, if there is any solution to improve that pixelated text or/and if, this will be improved in the near future with next releases? Another option for me is to install Matlab on a Windows partition with Boot Camp. Would this make any change on a graphics quality?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

[Chad Greene]

The Matlab figure window has always left a little something to be desired in terms of graphics quality. But if your end goal is to save images export_fig does it nicely.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

http://blogs.mathworks.com/graphics/2015/07/13/graphicssmoothing-and-alignvertexcenters/

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

Did you see the Retina display posts: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/?sort=relevance&term=retina+display+source%3A%22MathWorks+Support%22

Answer 4

[matico]

Thanks, but those suggestions don't improve pixelated titles and labels. However, a lot of new information.

Answer 5

[matico]

Than, I found out that, if I save a figure on my laptop (Macbook Pro Retina) and open it on a windows platform (with 1920x1200 screen) it looks normal. Not pixelated anymore. It looks OK also, if I run the same code with Matlab installed on Windows.

So, the pixelated title and labels on a figure are visible only, if I look at the figure on a High res monitor. The same image on a 1920x1200 screen is OK.

Thanks for your help