Thanks David. My users are used to very crisp fonts from previous releases of
my software, so some of them are asking why the new version is not quite as
good as the previous one. I'm pretty much taking your reply to mean that I'm
doing the best I can with the technology I'm using.
I'm surpris
On Feb 4, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Gideon King wrote:
> Sometimes the layer is transparent, and sometimes it will have a color drawn
> behind where the text is (not a background color for the layer though). The
> superlayer is transparent, but behind that is an opaque view.
The layers behind won't mat
Sometimes the layer is transparent, and sometimes it will have a color drawn
behind where the text is (not a background color for the layer though). The
superlayer is transparent, but behind that is an opaque view.
Even where there is an opaque fill drawn behind the text on the layer, it's
stil
On Feb 4, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Gideon King wrote:
> The output never looks as good as plain old text in a text view.
Do you draw a background for your text? If you are drawing over transparency
then sub-pixel antialiasing doesn't work and when you do the final composite
you see text that doesn't
Hi, I have a layer I want to draw some text on (10.6 target). To actually draw
the text, I am creating the NSGraphicsContext using the graphics port, and
using drawBackgroundForGlyphRange... and drawGlyphsForGlyphRange... to draw the
text.
The output never looks as good as plain old text in a t
