Re: [ft] anti-aliasing question

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'll read through that link you sent on ClearType.  Just to make
> sure I'm understanding you though, if I have a glyph which results
> in a 9-pixel wide bitmap, turning LCD mode on results in a 9x3=27
> pixel wide bitmap.

Yes. The horizontal resolution is increased by a factor 3, and each
pixel is represented by one byte.

> You're saying that this is really a 3-channel bitmap and that
> through color filtering you should still end up rendering (when its
> all said and done) a 9-pixel wide glyph right?

After applying colour filtering you can treat it as a 3-channel bitmap
where each pixel is represented by three bytes.


    Werner