org.freedesktop.cairo

Class HintStyle

public class HintStyle extends Enum

Specifies the type of hinting to do on font outlines. Hinting is the process of fitting outlines to the pixel grid in order to improve the appearance of the result. Since hinting outlines involves distorting them, it also reduces the faithfulness to the original outline shapes. Not all of the outline hinting styles are supported by all font backends.

Field Summary
static HintStyle	DEFAULT Use the default hint style for for font backend and target device
static HintStyle	FULL Hint outlines to maximize contrast
static HintStyle	MEDIUM Hint outlines with medium strength giving a compromise between fidelity to the original shapes and contrast
static HintStyle	NONE Do not hint outlines
static HintStyle	SLIGHT Hint outlines slightly to improve contrast while retaining good fidelity to the original shapes.

Method Summary
static HintStyle	intern(int value)
boolean	test(HintStyle other)

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final HintStyle DEFAULT

Use the default hint style for for font backend and target device

FULL

public static final HintStyle FULL

Hint outlines to maximize contrast

MEDIUM

public static final HintStyle MEDIUM

Hint outlines with medium strength giving a compromise between fidelity to the original shapes and contrast

NONE

public static final HintStyle NONE

Do not hint outlines

SLIGHT

public static final HintStyle SLIGHT

Hint outlines slightly to improve contrast while retaining good fidelity to the original shapes.