[cairo] Write ups on Microsoft Avalon

Carl Worth cworth at east.isi.edu
Mon May 17 13:11:16 PDT 2004


On Mon, 17 May 2004 11:54:28 -0700, Bill Spitzak wrote:
> Can you confirm that the default transformation also puts integers at the 
> corners of pixels, not in the center? It appears to be the case but I'm not 
> sure if this has really been stated.

Yes, that is the case.

Or, to be pedantic, under the default transformation the integer
coordinates of the user-space grid lie half-way between device-space
pixel sample points.

But that's just phrasing for the convenience of people that can't accept
that pixels are square.

-Carl




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