[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Strange text rendering with SRC + Extra Alpha

Clemens Eisserer linuxhippy at gmail.com
Wed Oct 27 22:27:43 UTC 2010


Hi Denis,

> It's interesting to note that this doesn't happen on OpenJDK, and
> on closed java the subpixel hint is not necessary to reproduce this.
> Simply using VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON and the SRC composite is enough.

I have to enable lcd text antialising to get the described result,
however I see it with OpenJDK6 and JDKb99 from oracle.

Another thing which looks odd when I disable LCD antialiasing is
pixels that lay on straight lines seem to ignore extra alpha as shown
in the screenshot attached.

- Clemens
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