LCD text in Canvas

[ozemale at ozemail.com.au]

I think for the vast majority of use cases we would want LCD text in
Canvas.  The current grayscale antialiasing is just too blurry and is
very noticeably different in rendering quality to the text used in
controls.

I am thinking that adding a single method to set the smoothing type
for text would not cause too much bloat in the API.  I am officially
requesting it!

Thanks,

-jct

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Race" 
To:"John C. Turnbull" 
Cc:"Dr. Michael Paus" , 
Sent:Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:25:17 -0800
Subject:Re: LCD text in Canvas

 We could easily add API to support LCD text on Canvas although
 we wanted to minimise the amount of Text related API there until
 we have more experience with how people use it and how it should
 be developed in general.
 The blurriness is down to the grayscale text being unhinted so it
 behaves predictably under transformations as supposed to be the most
 typical canvas uses case. This is also why its the default on a Text
node.

 -phil.

 On 12/16/12 7:16 AM, John C. Turnbull wrote:
 > Yes sorry, I was referring to LCD font rendering (or sub-pixel
 > antialiasing). It seems JavaFX text controls support this but text
rendered
 > in Canvas is always using gray-scale antialiasing and looks blurry
in
 > comparison as a result.
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
 > [mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Dr.
Michael Paus
 > Sent: Monday, 17 December 2012 00:36
 > To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
 > Subject: Re: LCD text in Canvas
 >
 > I am quite sure the OP is referring to this:
 > https://blogs.oracle.com/javafx/entry/lcd_text_support_in_javafx
 > Whether that is or will be supported for Cancas - I don't know.
 > Michael
 >
 > Am 16.12.2012 11:49, schrieb Tom Eugelink:
 >> I think Canvas will never support that, just like a real world
 >> painting canvas will never support a Rembrand. You'll have to
create
 >> LCD yourself But Gerrit has created a few LCD gauges in the
JFXtras
 >> project, maybe those will help.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> On 2012-12-16 10:33, John C. Turnbull wrote:
 >>> When will JavaFX Canvas support LCD text?
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> Thanks,
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> -jct
 >>>
 >
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