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MacType VS yWriter

Compare MacType VS yWriter and see what are their differences

MacType logo MacType

MacType render windows font smoothly and much more convenient to read.

yWriter logo yWriter

Free writing software designed by the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series. yWriter6 helps you write a book by organising chapters, scenes, characters and locations in an easy-to-use interface.
  • MacType Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-11-01
  • yWriter Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-30

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  • Tutorial - How to use yWriter like I did to create your own novel - book writing software, self-publishing
  • Review - An Introduction to Two Awesome Writing Programs (yWriter vs Scrivener Part 1)

Category Popularity

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Fonts
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Markdown Editor
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100% 100
Web Fonts
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Text Editors
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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, MacType seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 15 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

MacType mentions (15)

  • Text Fringing? looks bad on the new Samsung OLED G9...
    Download Mactype. If you download the beta version (warning: it will trip windows defender) you can use one of the QD-OLED profiles, if you download the last stable version (has an installer and will not trip Windows defneder), use a grayscale rendered font like this one. It doesn't work on chromium browsers though so you're gonna have to use Firefox if you want it to be on your browser. Source: 11 months ago
  • [HUB] One YEAR Using The Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED - My Thoughts
    Already supported in WPF and DirectWrite. AFAIK DirectWrite by default only uses y-axis at large font sizes. I think MacType enables it system-wide. Source: about 1 year ago
  • [Oled_Gaming] Bessere Textwiedergabe für OLED-Displays (ClearType loswerden)
    Step 2: Install it from the MacType homepage, it is an open-source project so it seems safe to me. I recommend installing it in "Load with MacTray" -> "Standalone Mode". Source: about 1 year ago
  • Recently got Windows 11, is there a way to fix this? The squished font looks terrible.
    You could try this : Https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype. Source: over 1 year ago
  • AW3423DW
    I also use Mactype enabled as well with UnadvisedApollo's ini, and followed his steps for Mactype. Source: over 1 year ago
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yWriter mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of yWriter yet. Tracking of yWriter recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

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Manuskript - Open-source tool for writers.

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