On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's a nice thing, but how is that relevant to the
discussion about
texvc images?
Formulas don't need several transparency levels.
Yes, they do, if you want them to look good, because the fonts are antialiased.
The problem of black background by browsers* ignoring
the alpha channel
is solved by using a white background with alpha transparency. So people
not supporting the alpha channel, still see it white (for some reason,
image software like putting black as the color being 'transparent').
This means that you'll still have a fuzzy white outline around the
text when you put it against a non-white background. However, you're
right that this will probably look better overall than the current
situation. It's worth considering.
*It's not just printing on IE6, the alpha channel
is also ignored if you
open the image with simple software like paint.
I think we can ignore this issue.