This is a discussion from a little while ago:
> > Derek Simkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Is it possible to display scaled fonts with anti-aliasing? If so,
> > > how?
> Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > No.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The X server XFree86 in version 4.0 will be able to print text with
> antialiasing, by using a new subsystem. In other words, it will only
> benefit new applications or applications that use an updated version
> of a toolkit that would perform the rendering. GDK can be modified to
> use these new features in XFree86 4.0 and then all GDK/GTK
> applications would have antialiased text.
> In fact, it is possible for a GTK theme to override a function in the
> call chain with a function that would draw antialiased text.
> (GtkStyleClass::draw_string()) I was thinking of doing that in my own
> GTK theme (Xenophilia) which would print a specific font with
> antialiasing.
Well, XFree86 4.0 has now been officially released. I am not
qualified (not even close!) to make any suggestions as to how this affects
GDK, but anti-aliased fonts are something that I'm excited about. I would
like to spawn some discussion in this area.
So: What do we need to do to automagically take advantage of the
new anti-aliased fonts in XFree86 4.0? Can we get this into Gtk+ 1.4?
--Derek
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