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From: rgd059@Mipl3.JPL.Nasa.Gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Font Smoothing Algorithm
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Date: 3 Apr 88 06:37:15 GMT
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[ AAAIIEEEAAAHHHH!!!!!  Line eaters beware! ]

Does anyone have, or know where to find, an algorithm for smoothing out
bitmapped fonts when they are scaled up?  Specifically, I want to enlarge
standard Amiga fonts and not get a blocky appearance.  Failing that, how
about a general bitmap smoothing routine?

I'm about 90% sure that PostScript printers have this capability, but I want
to do it in the computer.

A PD algorithm would be nice, but, if you know of one that's proprietary,
let me know who has it and we'll talk.  I might be willing to pay royalties...

Please respond via email, I'll post a summary if anyone wants.

Bob Deen  @  NASA-JPL Multimission Image Processing Lab
rgd059@mipl3.jpl.nasa.gov		span:  mipl3::rgd059
Disclaimer:  JPL has nothing to do with this.  Then again, neither do I  :-)