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From: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
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Subject: Re: Drawing gray text.  Help!
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Date: 18 May 89 20:17:46 GMT
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In article <1941@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>The system draws grayed text (e.g., disabled menu items) by drawing the 
>text normally and then painting a gray rectangle over the text using 
>patBIC mode.  This looks best with larger sizes and/or bolder fonts.

Shouldn't we check for a color monitor & use color quickdraw to draw
the text in gray instead of masking it with a pattern. Small fonts
should be much more readable this way.

Possible probelms:
	a)  Is it too hard to distinguish between gray and black text?
	b)  What would you do with colored items (in a menu)?
	c)  What happens when a close color match is not available?

b) and c) could revert to the normal behavior, but a) really depends on
the monitor and user.

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