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From: parent@Apple.COM (Shean Parent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Proper menu title appearance when all items are dimmed
Summary: Gaps is ovals
Message-ID: <22121@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 88 21:12:28 GMT
References: <1146@tank.uchicago.edu> <18216@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1723@pur-phy>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1723@pur-phy>, sho@pur-phy (Sho Kuwamoto) writes:
> In article <18216@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> lippin@math.berkeley.edu writes:
> >(While we're at the wishing well, how about fixing FrameOval so that
> >it doesn't leave gaps?)
> Amen.  If they were going for speed still, I could understand, but 

The way that QuickDraw draws an oval is to strike an oval inside the given
rectangle then inset by the pen size and strike a second oval. The area between
the two strikes is filled with the current pen pattern and color. If you think
of it like this then it is clear why the ovals fall apart. The area between
the two strikes closes to less the one pixel.

It is not a bug. It was designed that way.

Sean