[REBOL] Re: ssl and image generation /command features?
From: holger:rebol at: 27-Apr-2001 6:24
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:35:36PM -0700, Karl Robillard wrote:
> Holger,
>
> Have you guys (RT) considered doing your own font rasterizing (perhaps using
> Freetype)?
We have looked at Freetype, but it is rather big, probably too big for a
client product, in particular if we still have to add at least three fonts.
Perhaps in the future, but probably not soon.
> It would certainly look more professional than using the aliased
> X11 fonts. I'm curious to know if the Windows version of View displays fonts
> with anti-aliasing. Will RT support the new XFree86 extensions to display
> anti-aliased fonts?
At the moment fonts are rendered as bitmaps on all platforms. Switching
to anti-aliased rendering is something we are planning to do in the
future.
--
Holger Kruse
[holger--rebol--com]
