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For some reason, NetBeans doesn't use subpixel font antialiasing on OS X (10.11) with retina display. This makes the text in the editor look noticeably thinner and uglier than what OS X users are used to. Also in addition to the editor view, none of the UI labels are using subpixel antialiasing either. I tried adding `-J-Dswing.aatext=true` and `-J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd` to netbeans.conf, but to no avail.
See issue #249052 for workaround with patched openJDK 8 to run with subpixel font rendering.