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Support LCD subpixel text

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      It is important for LCD text and for keeping people happy that we have native rasterization available. There are some cases where our current approach is best and some cases where a native approach is best. Nether approach can solve all use cases. So the best solution is let the developer choose on a node by node basis which renderer to use.

      When Native is best

       * Reading large chunks of text, native renderers are very carefully tuned with platform fonts to be good to read (Minimize eye strain etc)
       * Consistency with other naive applications
       * LCD text as hardware and user preference knowledge is needed that platform renderers have.

      When our cross platform renderer is best

       * We want a true to the type (Some native renderers distort type, eg windows on some fonts)
       * Consistent cross platform rendering of text
       * Animation, smoothly animating text even on sub-pixel boundaries

       

        1.
        		 PRISM: Need shader code to render LCD subpixel text Sub-task Resolved Joe Andresen (Inactive)

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        		 New glyph management and font rasterisation code to support subpixel text Sub-task Resolved Philip Race    
        3.
        		 Use GDI on Windows to obtain LCD glyphs to be stored in our cache Sub-task Resolved Philip Race    

            thor Thor Johannesson (Inactive)
            jasper Jasper Potts (Inactive)
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