[brokenparser]

IntelliJ also looks like shit. It has its own toolkit and the same horrible font rendering as any other swing program. If you want your IDE to be pretty, try Eclipse.

[__xtrimsky]

you are really mentioning Eclipse as a pretty IDE or is it a joke ? :P

[virtualwhys]

If we're talking Linux, then yes, IntelliJ is a gruesome sight indeed.

[Yetanfou]

Not in the guise of Android Studio, using the Darcula skin. It is actually rather pleasant to look at, as far as IDE's go. Just make those humongous fonts a bit smaller and it looks quite sleek. I wonder why so many Java apps insist on using oversized fonts and features, especially since Swing was introduced?

[thejosh]

Font rendering is still horrible on Linux compared to Sublime.

[Justsignedup]

Am i missing some magical eclipse configuration? I need to increase font sizes and at best i can only do half the IDE. Eclipse has been an atrocious experience for me so far.

[kentosi]

I'll admit that the default eclipse theme looks hideous on a mac, which is why I use this: https://github.com/jeeeyul/eclipse-themes

[moondowner]

This plugin should be preinstalled by default for all platforms.

[Justsignedup]

Yeah, still doesn't let u customize the right fonts. I am using it now. I think a newer version removed that feature (wtf)

[kablosna]

Re antialiasing, if it's not looking right, try passing -J-Dswing.aatext=true -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -J-Dorg.netbeans.editor.aa.extra.hints=true (on the command line or add it in $NETBEANS/etc/netbeans.conf)

[smrtinsert]

It is really ugly and yes with jeeyuls themes, yum! Soon Eclipse will have icons ready for dark themes too, can't wait.