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Article #418Re: multiple bits per pixel on X?
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:11
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:11
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Re <9210150315.AA27215@cookie-crisp> <1992Oct14.200331.9778@spectrum.xerox.com>: > I noticed the text in X looks quite poor, and it looks like its using > 1 bit/pixel. It seems a shame not to use more grey values to make the > text look better (most documents are black and white). > > Is work being done in this area and how hard is this? I am not doing any current work in this area. It's not conceptually extremely difficult, but it involves subverting the basic PostScript stencil/paint model a little, and it involves some non-trivial changes inside Ghostscript. Ghostscript release 2.6 (planned for January) will use the native X fonts whenever appropriate. This will help text quality under X a lot. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; voice 415-322-0103 ; fax 322-1734 "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: multiple bits per pixel on X? Message-ID: <9210150811.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:11:29 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 25