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4.2.4 Subpixel Testing

After an uninformative pixel test, where

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subpixel testing may be performed. If

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then we set tex2html_wrap_inline37727 to tex2html_wrap_inline32719 , since

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The sample tex2html_wrap_inline33497 is commonly chosen to be a corner of tex2html_wrap_inline37563 . We may refer to this method as subpixel sample testing, to distinguish it from the other forms of subpixel testing, which are presented later.

Compare the following two tex2html_wrap_inline35053 renderings of tex2html_wrap_inline37949 , produced using, and not using, subpixel testing:

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  tex2html_wrap_inline37955 denotes a rendering produced using subpixel sample testing; all subpixel rendering methods work in conjunction with pixel testing. Of course, renderings produced using subpixel testing depend on which portion of the subpixel was chosen to test. The rendering depicted is optimistic; for every pixel on the boundary, a sample within the graph was chosen.

Consider rendering tex2html_wrap_inline37957 ; here are two tex2html_wrap_inline35051 renderings, produced using, and not using, subpixel testing:

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The rendering using subpixel testing was fortuitous, since the sample chosen from each dark grey pixel lay within the graph. Later methods will prove to be more reliable in rendering such graphs.


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Jeff TupperMarch 1996