[cairo] PATCH cairo-www: Simpler explanation for how to get sharp, single-pixel-wide lines

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at geek-central.gen.nz
Thu May 18 10:15:06 UTC 2017


On Thu, 18 May 2017 11:24:05 +0200, Guillermo Rodriguez wrote:

> BTW here's an excerpt from a post by Carl Worth from this same
> mailing list [1]:
> 
> ===
> The answer here is not to "turn off antialiasing", but instead to
> adjust your geometry as needed to align with the device pixels.
> ===
> 
>  [1]:
> https://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2004-October/002039.html

He seems to be under the impression that the OP was going to turn off
antialiasing for the entire graphic, whereas it is only the horizontal
and vertical lines that need this.


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