# Revert "gpui: Add dynamic padding to prevent glyph clipping in text rendering on macOS \(\#45957\)" \(\#46906\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: adf2fec2e0f8e63fe6d9e365a09e44e6a87af6d7

Requested commit: adf2fec2e0f8e63fe6d9e365a09e44e6a87af6d7

Commit: adf2fec2e0f8e63fe6d9e365a09e44e6a87af6d7

Tree: 277361909a4d58e59ef4ceadfd9741a4cb5d9b31

Author: Marshall Bowers

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
Revert "gpui: Add dynamic padding to prevent glyph clipping in text rendering on macOS (#45957)" (#46906)

This reverts commit 83ca31055cf3e56aa8a704ac49e1686434f4e640.

This change produces bad clipping on macOS:

<img width="59" height="80" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-15 at 8 51 28 AM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e1e295a4-f25c-4144-aa85-ec2fbbba03a8"
/>

<img width="218" height="67" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-15 at 8 51 35 AM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e662f8df-b009-445e-afee-3440b7fc52f0"
/>

<img width="303" height="43" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-15 at 8 51 41 AM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c972a1be-a07b-4b5f-970b-f75a51dac6b8"
/>

https://zed-industries.slack.com/archives/C04S5TU0RSN/p1768473926260279

Release Notes:

- Reverted #45957
```

## Parents

- [e1f73a61fe04efc4df1d4a60ed2d0925eac21995](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/e1f73a61fe04efc4df1d4a60ed2d0925eac21995?format=markdown)

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