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  Re: Artifacts when rendering text (3.6release on WinNT)  
From: Al Zorglub
Date: 16 Jun 2004 11:52:35
Message: <40d06cc3@news.povray.org>
ElProfesor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> The attached ZIP file contains several files:
> - A.pov = the POV-Ray source triggering the problem
> - artifacts-ParmaPetit.png = result from A.pov
> - artifacts-EngraversOldStyle.png = result with another font
> - ParmaPetit-Italic.ttf = TTF file used to render the first pic
> 
> You can see the artifacts on the bottom-left part of the character: noise
> below the baseline for one render, and jagged edges on the A's slope for
> both.
> 
> The artifacts are much stronger with Engraver's Old Style Italic (from
> Bitstream), but since it's a commercial font I can't attach it here. If you
> have it you can give it a try.
> The free font can be downloaded from
> http://www.dafont.com/dl.php?os=win&fichier=parmapetit (gives a zip file
> with several versions of the font -- no README so I took the liberty to put
> a single file from the package in my ZIP archive)
> 
> Does the problem lies with the font files, or with POV-Ray? Both are
> rendered ok by Windows' display engine.
> 
Hi !

The problem is the font and POV-Ray
  ;)
An example with the font corrected (only the A):


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