Re: [matplotlib-devel] Cairo Backend and Subpixel Rendering

[Gary R. <gr...@bi...>]

John Hunter wrote:
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> The matplotlib.lines.Line2D objects has an antialiased property -- we
> could add the same property to matplotlib.text.Text to turn on/off
> subpixel rendering (which could also be supported as an rc param)
> 
> JDH

What are the supported combinations of subpixel rendering and 
antialiasing? Are they mutually exclusive? If Cairo supports both at the 
same time, I don't think it would be a good idea to enable subpixel 
rendering using a property called "antialiased".

Gary R.