Talk:Font rasterization

message: This article is extremely dated. There is no coverage of DirectWrite (Windows) or how the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) rasterises text. Moreover, as of May 2010 all TrueType related patents have expired. This makes it possible for FreeType to enable bytecode hinting without being patent encumbered. I am unconvinced that the D-Type stuff is relevant --- do any applications actually use it? As the author of "A Treatise on Font Rasterisation With an Emphasis on Free Software" (see citations/references for a link) I am happy to license the article --- along with all associated media -- under the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" license if it will help. EvilGuru (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the page to only show hinted anti-aliased text since the other two samples are hinted. The old image is still on Wikipedia, though:  --Crashie 16:07, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: :Image:Rasterization-simple.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Rasterization-simple.png

message: The article states "RISC OS has featured font anti-aliasing since 1990." There is some talk about RISC OS regarding the [[RISC OS#OS core|claim of it being "one of the first operating systems to include [Sub-pixel positioning anti-aliasing]]"]. Are any dates available for the other systems? --trevj (talk) 15:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Currently used rasterization systems 

message: I ran into the term "bi-level rendering" in the Segoe article.  This article contains the only relevant discussion regarding bi-level rendering I could find in Wikipedia (though it doesn't mention the specific term).  It would be nice to be able to link "bi-level rendering" to the appropriate section in this article, but that can't be done until this article is broken into sections.  Can someone with better editorial skills than myself break the article up, and maybe even mention "bi-level rendering" under the section discussing aliased text (or non-anti-aliased text)?
Gilly3 (talk) 23:38, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Break article into sections 

message: I went to this article to find out what was the meaning of "font aliasing". I found the phrase "font rasterization" which I assume is the same thing? No definition. This makes the whole article rather obscure. What's it about? Making letters legible in some highly technical way(s)? Please define your terms! 24.90.104.148 (talk) 15:49, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  meaning of font aliasing / font rasterization