Fuzzy text in NSStatusItem

Question

I show statusItem at startup like this:

theItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength] retain];

 NSString *theString = [textField stringValue];
 (textField.stringValue = theString);

    [theItem setTitle:theString];
    [theItem setHighlightMode:YES];

The text looks very fuzzy. How to clear text appearance?

Thank.

Floor

Here is a screenshot of the digital clock in menu mode at the top and NSStatusItem at the bottom:

Answer 1

It looks pretty good to me.

Good, not fine, but it's more about uneven scaling than fuzzy. Is that what you see too?

Answer 2

Have you tried to draw text in the image and use this image in NSStatusItem?