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by leni536 3932 days ago
Apparently this technique calculates the exact pixel values from box filtering the "infinite" resolution polygons. I wonder if the same technique can be applied for circular or elliptical arcs.

What are the most common rasterizer algorithms currently in use by vectorgraphics software? I mean pdf readers, postscript renderers, font renderers, etc...

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Most rasterizers typically use some kind of super-sampling scanline conversion: http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2007-July/0110...