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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] bitstream vera
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:11:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1ADmYQ-000JS0-SI@t40.swtch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:05:47 EST." <20031026140547.GA5550@ionkov.net>

> I was trying to add suport for subpixel fonts. I think the easier way to
> implement that is to make memimagedraw to apply the channels of the "mask"
> image (if it is not monocrhome) to the appropriate channels of the "src"
> image. Currently it generates a greyscale image and applies it to every
> channel.
>
> Is that change going to break anything?

I doubt it.  I can't think of any software that uses
color images as masks.  Perhaps faces does, but it's a
clumsy hack and would be easy to fix should the need arise.

> Is it a good idea at all?

That's less clear.  All the subpixel fonts I've seen still
look fuzzy enough that I wouldn't use them for much.

Russ


  reply	other threads:[~2003-10-26 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-25  3:57 Scott Schwartz
2003-10-25 14:06 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-10-25 23:35 ` Russ Cox
2003-10-26  0:02   ` Scott Schwartz
2003-10-26 14:05   ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-10-26 15:11     ` Russ Cox [this message]
2003-10-26 15:57     ` C H Forsyth
2003-10-26 17:48       ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-10-26 21:06         ` [9fans] sub-pixel Charles Forsyth
2004-02-24 17:19 [9fans] bitstream vera andrey mirtchovski

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