Re: [Gimp-user] Achieving truly smooth-edged text

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

List account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It must be the case that I'm doing something wrong, or that my
> environment is set up improperly... perhaps I need to compile Gimp
> from scratch so as to make use of Freetype??

Perhaps you should stop using the GIF format or at least make sure
that you work in RGB mode when creating images. Antialiasing doesn't
work in Indexed mode.


Sven
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Re: [Gimp-user] Achieving truly smooth-edged text

[Simon Budig]

List account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I am running a Mac with OS X 10.3.2, with Freetype installed via Fink.  
> I downloaded the latest version of Gimp.app (version 2.0.x).  Upon 
> first running Gimp, it recognizes the majority of my fonts, and even 
> gives me a nice menu showing examples of the fonts.

Probably these examples are properly antialiased, right?

> Nevertheless, even 
> when I turn on "Antialiasing" in the font property panel (and also with 
> mucking with the hinting settings), I still get jaggedy fonts, such as 
> those shown in the attached image.

Make sure that you operate on Images in RGB mode. Antialiasing does not
work when working on indexed images (like the GIF image you attached).

Hope this helps,
Simon
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