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Icons on the types toolbar are cut off on HiDPI Retina screens

Icons on the types toolbar are cut off on HiDPI Retina screens

Explanation:	Icons on the types toolbar seem to be drawn with double size, so all but the top left corner is cut off. More may be cut off by the icon mask, which is the normal size. Also, rounded corners on scrollbars and buttons are displayed incorrectly.
Affects:	Mac OS X on Retina / HiDPI screen
Solution:	OS X tries to intelligently scale up all drawing calls when on a Retina screen (or manually selecting a scaling HiDPI resolution). This works correctly for most drawing, and symbols and texts benefit from the higher resolution. Unfortunately, for type icons, scrollbar thumbs and button corners the scaling is done twice, resulting in only a double-scale rendering of the top-left corner being visible. You can make OS X use a simpler but more reliable "Low Resolution" algorithm on MetaEdit+ to get essentially the same display as on a non-Retina screen. Rather than setting that for the MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench application as normal, you need to set it on the sub-application within the main application package: Quit MetaEdit+ if it is currently open. In the Finder, choose Applications from the Go menu. Ctrl-click the MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench icon and select "Open Package Contents" from the pop-up menu. Open Contents then Resources and click the "MetaEdit+ 5.1" icon so it is highlighted. Choose Get Info from the File menu. Place a checkmark next to "Open in Low Resolution" to enable Low Resolution mode. Close Get Info and use Back to return from the package contents to the main Applications list. Double click MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench to reopen it. OS X will then scale up the MetaEdit+ windows so they are physically big enough on the screen, but without the rendering problems. On the higher resolution Retina screen this looks slightly blurred, particularly in contrast to the higher resolution of the rest of the desktop, but overall is generally the better choice.

Explanation:

Icons on the types toolbar seem to be drawn with double size, so all but the top left corner is cut off. More may be cut off by the icon mask, which is the normal size. Also, rounded corners on scrollbars and buttons are displayed incorrectly.

Affects:

Mac OS X on Retina / HiDPI screen

Solution:

OS X tries to intelligently scale up all drawing calls when on a Retina screen (or manually selecting a scaling HiDPI resolution). This works correctly for most drawing, and symbols and texts benefit from the higher resolution. Unfortunately, for type icons, scrollbar thumbs and button corners the scaling is done twice, resulting in only a double-scale rendering of the top-left corner being visible.

You can make OS X use a simpler but more reliable "Low Resolution" algorithm on MetaEdit+ to get essentially the same display as on a non-Retina screen. Rather than setting that for the MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench application as normal, you need to set it on the sub-application within the main application package:

Quit MetaEdit+ if it is currently open.
In the Finder, choose Applications from the Go menu.
Ctrl-click the MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench icon and select "Open Package Contents" from the pop-up menu.
Open Contents then Resources and click the "MetaEdit+ 5.1" icon so it is highlighted.
Choose Get Info from the File menu.
Place a checkmark next to "Open in Low Resolution" to enable Low Resolution mode.
Close Get Info and use Back to return from the package contents to the main Applications list.
Double click MetaEdit+ 5.1 Workbench to reopen it.

OS X will then scale up the MetaEdit+ windows so they are physically big enough on the screen, but without the rendering problems. On the higher resolution Retina screen this looks slightly blurred, particularly in contrast to the higher resolution of the rest of the desktop, but overall is generally the better choice.