

Antialiasing is either provided by the X Rendering extension of an XFree86 XServer or by drawing text by means of getting and putting images (XGetImage/XPutImage) from and to the window. While it is possible to have FreeType rasterized fonts displayed antialiased this functionality isn't not implemented for XFonts.Īlso, not all displays allow antialiasing. uses XFonts as well as fonts that are rendered through FreeType as explained below.

Adding TrueType or Type1 fonts to įonts aren't displayed antialiased but appear crisp Background.

