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revuser1
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Anti alias text?

Post by revuser1 » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:50 am

Hello,

Is anti-alias text supported in Dreamcard? I'm trying improve the look of text in my stacks. I'm using Arial font size 12-16 in opaque text fields and it doesn't appear to render with anti alias i.e. the edges of the text appear very jagged. I'm currently using 2.6 as I don't have a license for 2.7. I did notice the changes in 2.7.x include a better Anti-Aliasing Graphics Engine, but upon testing the beta it doesn't appear to render text any better. Am I missing something obvious?

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Post by Mark » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:24 pm

Anti-aliased text seems to be broken in Windows XP.

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anti aliased text

Post by trevix » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:26 pm

Is there any new about this?
Or does it exist a way to resolve the issue on Window xp ? Is there a patch on Microsoft site ? (since Vista does not seems to be a great option...)

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Post by Mark » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:41 pm

Dear Trevix,

I believe it works fine now.

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Post by trevix » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:41 am

I have what I think is the latest Window Xp (2002 pro service pack 2) running with VMware Fusion on a PowerBook (OSX10.5 with Intel).
And anti-aliased does not work (out of the box), no matter wich application I use...

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Post by Mark » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:54 am

Dear trevix,

Apparently, you are facimg a problem with VMWare, rather than Revolution. I'd suggest you contact the developers of VMWare.

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