Line drawing macOS has strange gaps and looks different from linux

[abdul-malek-octane]

Every 4 dots (vertically) there is a dot missing. Line looks patchy and thinner than on macOS for the same font, same vertical horizontal spacing.

[tarkah]

This is a font issue. Use a terminal where you can configure line height or y-offset and lower it. I do this with Alacrity to remove gaps with my preferred font.

[abdul-malek-octane]

I also use Alacritty. y-offset does not fix this no matter what unfortunately. I've played around with it quite a bit. Also worth noting that the same y-offset settings on Alacritty render differently on macOS vs linux (ubuntu, gnome).

The above picture is the best I could get while playing with y-offset. Without y-offset, the difference is much more apparent:

[abdul-malek-octane]

Also even with no offsets, the gap issue is not present on Linux, so I believe it is an OS-related rending issue, at least in part. If there are specific fonts/offset combinations you would like me to test that would be helpful, let me know!

[tarkah]

Are you using identical fonts between Linux and Macos?

If you're using alacrity on both platforms, it is most likely an upstream issue there.

[abdul-malek-octane]

Yep, identical fonts across both Linux and macOS. Hm, I don't think it's an Alacritty either since the issue occurs on other terminal emulators as well on macOs but not on Linux.

Fonts tried on both macOS and Linux:

• JetBrains Mono
• Ubuntu Mono (w/ NerdFont glyphs, same font file on both)
• Menlo
• Fira Code
• Roboto Mono

For example:

• macOS
  • Alacritty (issue occurs) (with and without y-offset)
  • Terminal (issue occurs) (no y-offset)
  • iTerm (issue occurs) (no y-offset)
• Linux
  • Alacritty (no issue) (with and without y-offset)
  • Gnome Terminal (no issue) (no y-offset)
  • Kitty (no issue) (no y-offset)