On Jul 23, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Andreas Mayer <lis...@harmless.de> wrote:

> 
> Am 23.07.2010 um 12:53 Uhr schrieb Bernard Knaepen:
> 
>> I am currently using the drawAtPoint method but I would like to specify a 
>> global opacity (transparency) to draw the string. Is there a way to do this 
>> or should I scan the whole string and make the changes to each character 
>> color individually by using the colorWithAlphaComponent method?
> 
> You could draw the string to an intermediate image and composite that image 
> with the desired opacity onto the target image.

This would prevent Quartz from being able to perform subpixel antialiasing, 
resulting is crummy text.

--Kyle Sluder_______________________________________________

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