Fuzzy fonts in LibreOffice Spreadsheet

[pshufd]

I'm not sure if this is a Big Sur issue or an Apple Silicon issue or a LibreOffice issue but the fonts are fuzzy (I migrated from my 2015 MacBook Pro running Mojave to an M1 mini running Big Sur). I haven't figured out how to fix it so I'm going to switch to Numbers. The fonts are fine on Numbers. I was using LibreOffice as I like to go back and forth between Windows and macOS with my spreadsheets. I will just use LibreOffice on Windows and Numbers on macOS. I don't see the fuzzy fonts issue on LibreOffice on Windows.

I did play around with different fonts and those that are widely used.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

What version of LibreOffice are you using?
I noticed this when trying out early versions of Big Sur. Somewhere along the line, between upgrades to LibreOffice and upgrades to Big Sur, the problem was fixed.

 

[pshufd]

What version of LibreOffice are you using?
I noticed this when trying out early versions of Big Sur. Somewhere along the line, between upgrades to LibreOffice and upgrades to Big Sur, the problem was fixed.

7.0.6.2 which is the stable version. I usually just install the stable version but I'll install the newer version to see what it looks like.

 

[pshufd]

Well, it's better but interestingly not quite as good as Windows. I had the same spreadsheet up on 4k monitors on Windows and Big Sur side-by-side using the same font. It's good enough though.

Thanks for your help.

 

[tornado99]

I have been a long-term LO user and recently switched to WPS Office. I highly recommend it, so much better laid out and less clunky.

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It also has far better MS Office compatibility.

 

[pshufd]

I have been a long-term LO user and recently switched to WPS Office. I highly recommend it, so much better laid out and less clunky.

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It also has far better MS Office compatibility.

My first choice is generally open source. My second choice is the default that comes with the operating system. I don't need Microsoft Office compatibility as what I do is pretty simple. I could always just run LibreOffice on Windows too but it creates an issue with monitor space.

 

[tornado99]

I am also a fan of open-source but I was just getting tired of the way LO is laid out. It always seems to take double the number of clicks to achieve the same thing as in other office suites. Sometimes practically outweighs ideology, at least for me.

Why not use Apple Pages/Numbers then? That has a beautiful layout and is great for simple docs.

 

[pshufd]

I am also a fan of open-source but I was just getting tired of the way LO is laid out. It always seems to take double the number of clicks to achieve the same thing as in other office suites. Sometimes practically outweighs ideology, at least for me.

Why not use Apple Pages/Numbers then? That has a beautiful layout and is great for simple docs.

I do spreadsheets on Windows and macOS and it's nice to have the same interface on both.

 

[pshufd]

I decided to go with Numbers. I'll just run Numbers in a Virtual Machine on Windows. One major benefit of Numbers is memory usage. It's 200 MB for Numbers and 680 MB for LibreOffice. Numbers is a lot smaller because it's standalone. I think that the whole suite is loaded when you run LibreOffice.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Well, it's better but interestingly not quite as good as Windows. I had the same spreadsheet up on 4k monitors on Windows and Big Sur side-by-side using the same font. It's good enough though.

Thanks for your help.

I have a 5k 27" iMac, set to 2560 x 1440 in high resolution.
OS is Big Sur 11.4 Final.
LibreOffice is 7.1.3.2

This is a screen grab from Writer.

About 2x real size.
But, you mentioned that you were using Calc

Again 2x real size.

But yes, I have had problems with LibreOffice and Big Sur.

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[pshufd]

I'm using Numbers now. I had a problem with it in how Numbers treats time specifications. In LibreOffice, a datetime can also be a duration while they are separate types in Numbers. Once I figured that out, I figured out how to do time arithmetic in Numbers. It means that I'll need a VM running macOS if I want to run Numbers on my Windows system.

The clarity on Numbers is great. But it should be as it's Apple's.