On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's a nice thing, but how is that relevant to the discussion about
> texvc images?
> Formulas don't need several transparency levels.

Yes, they do, if you want them to look good, because the fonts are antialiased.

> The problem of black background by browsers* ignoring the alpha channel
> is solved by using a white background with alpha transparency. So people
> not supporting the alpha channel, still see it white (for some reason,
> image software like putting black as the color being 'transparent').

This means that you'll still have a fuzzy white outline around the
text when you put it against a non-white background.  However, you're
right that this will probably look better overall than the current
situation.  It's worth considering.

> *It's not just printing on IE6, the alpha channel is also ignored if you
> open the image with simple software like paint.

I think we can ignore this issue.

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