Re: Gamma, AA and Fonts

Around 2 o'clock on Mar 15, Simon Thum wrote:

> I browsed through several discussions of this topic on this list, but
> AFAIK there is generally seen no need to apply gamma correction to
> antialiased fonts. I think this is wrong, and I'll provide the following
> simple test to prove it:

I think the concensus is that gamma correction would be useful, but there 
are several unanswered questions:

1)	Are there other modifications to the compositing computation that
	would also be useful?

2)	Where are the intensity<->value conversions stored?

3)	What precision is required in this computation?

4)	How does this relate to XDCCC?

Keith Packard        XFree86 Core Team        Compaq Cambridge Research Lab