[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Fwd: JDK bug 8078516

[Philip Race]

Yes ... offline to Torgeir I questioned the closing as a dup.
Need to look at these carefully to see if we should reopen or
file a new issue but it would be an enhancement request, not a bug.

-phil.

On 8/2/16, 9:07 AM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
> I suppose that this is why JDK-8078516 was filed, and it was closed as 
> a duplicate, because another bug provided a way to use LCD rendering 
> on OSX to opaque surface +  workaround in swing, fixed the bug of the 
> submitter. Probably we should file another bug as a replacement of 
> 8078516.
>
> On 01.08.16 18:03, Philip Race wrote:
>> Transparency of the surface has always disabled LCD sub-pixel in Java 
>> 2D.
>> Same happens on windows. The labels at the bottom
>> are drawn in greyscale.
>>
>> -phil.
>>
>> On 8/1/16, 7:55 AM, Torgeir Veimo wrote:
>>> Ok, am asking since subpixel rendering works and is usable in most
>>> situations, except for the odd corner case when drawing over existing
>>> content in transparent surfaces.
>>>
>>> See eg. this screenshot of netbeans, with nice subpixel rendered text
>>> in the editor, while the labels on the buttons at the bottom have
>>> artifacts since they for some reason are drawn twice.
>>>
>>>  Inline images 1
>>>
>>> On 2 August 2016 at 00:49, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
>>> <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Phil will be able to comment on this further. All I can confirm is
>>>     that 8078526 is closed as a duplicate of 8087201, so it is no
>>>     longer an open bug.
>>>
>>>     -- Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>     Torgeir Veimo wrote:
>>>>     I'm fairly sure it's the correct bug id, although I don't have
>>>>     access to view it myself.
>>>>
>>>>     Bug 8078526 is about supporting (without artifacts) subpixel
>>>>     rendering to transparent surfaces.
>>>>
>>>>     Bug 8087201 is about speeding up subpixel rendering.
>>>>
>>>>     On 2 August 2016 at 00:39, Kevin Rushforth
>>>> <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>>
>>>>     wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Are you sure you have the right Bug ID? That bug (which is
>>>>         not publicly visible), is closed as a duplicate of 8087201,
>>>>         which was fixed in JDK 9 and 8u66 over a year ago.
>>>>
>>>>         -- Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Torgeir Veimo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Is there any more work done on JDK bug 8078516?
>>>>             --
>>>>             -Tor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     --
>>>>     -Tor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> -Tor
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