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Re: IDL graphics w/ no display [message #41405 is a reply to message #41361]

Mon, 25 October 2004 07:06

K. Bowman
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In article <MPG.1be681784d4b47299896ae@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> wrote:

>> 2) Z buffer text looks terrible.
>
> I'm not sure the pixmap will be much better. Perhaps
> if you do the blow up * 4 trick here with true-type fonts,
> you might have better luck.
>
> But, really, you need to write a nice note to RSI and
> tell them a lot of us, nay, MOST of us, still use direct
> graphics and we could use some nice looking fonts over
> here, too. :-)

You can use TrueType fonts in the Z-buffer (if you consider TrueType
fonts to be nice looking), but it doesn't solve the 8-bit color
limitation.

It seems to me that RSI needs to update the Z-buffer to handle 24-bit
color. Perhaps instead of an 8-bit graphics buffer and a 16-bit depth
buffer, they could simply make both buffers 24 bits deep. That might
also reduce some artifacts that show up in the z-buffering.

Ken Bowman

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		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: David Fanning on Wed, 27 October 2004 01:25
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: David Fanning on Wed, 27 October 2004 01:16
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: Ken Mankoff on Tue, 26 October 2004 18:29
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: Jeff Guerber on Tue, 26 October 2004 15:57
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: David Fanning on Tue, 26 October 2004 14:57
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: Jeff Guerber on Tue, 26 October 2004 13:57
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: K. Bowman on Mon, 25 October 2004 07:06
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: David Fanning on Mon, 25 October 2004 03:20
		Re: IDL graphics w/ no display By: btt on Wed, 27 October 2004 05:48

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