Re: [Devel] using Freetype to draw unfilled anti-aliased text

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 12:06 PM 11/26/2001 -0800, Mike Redding wrote:
> I am trying to determine if it is possible to use Freetype to render
> unfilled anti-aliased text.

        Theoretically, but not by default.

        Some folks have been using the core rendering code inside of FT as 
a "anti-aliasing vector library" - in which case you could certainly do 
it.  However, there is no such capability exposed at this time.  If you 
wanted to expose it, I am sure we'd happily take the patch ;).

        The more common method is to ask FT for the outlines of the glyph, 
and then pass the paths to your own AA vector library (or platform vector 
drawing API's).


Leonard