> JavaFX LCD text rendering (aka sub-pixel antialiasing) uses a pixel shader > and alpha blending. The alpha channel is used is ways that interfere with its > use for transparency. The existing logic checks that the current blend > equation is SRC_OVER and that the surface is opaque, and that we are > rendering using a Paint of type Color. It fails to check that the text color > is opaque. When it isn't, the resulting alpha value is not preserved, even in > the middle of the filled portion of the text, resulting in a visually > noticeable difference in color. > > ![transparent-lcd-text](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/assets/34689748/81f9503c-c706-44d8-b4db-6b47f0eb5fea) > > The solution is to add the missing check for alpha == 1 to the test that > checks whether we can use LCD text rendering. I note that Java2D falls back > to gray scale when the text color is transparent for a similar reason. > > I added a robot test that checks the color in the middle of the filled > portion of a rendered text character and also checks that we use LCD for > opaque colors and GRAY scale for transparent colors.
Kevin Rushforth has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Address review feedback ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1361/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1361/files/25ad1dab..62c768cf Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1361&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1361&range=00-01 Stats: 19 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 9 del; 10 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1361.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/1361/head:pull/1361 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1361