[TYPO3-dev] pngBuilder Support for enhanced text-rendering

[Steffen Ritter]

Stefan Geith schrieb:
> Hi Devs,
> 
> once again, I stumbled over the Output of gifBuilder:
> 
> I rendered black text on a transparent background
> with nicetext and format=png.
> And as always, the rendered image looks ugly, if not
> put on white backround (or whatever backgroundcolor
> was set in TS).
> 
> This is, because
> - The png has no alpha-channel
> - The text is not rendered with black + transparent
>   black (this would give optimal output); it
>   is rendered with black + grey (black faded to
>   the background color)
> 
> So shouldn't we think about an enhanced PNG Creation
> with gifBuilder or - maybe better - an new *pngBuilder* ?
> 
> Maybe it's too late for 4.4, but what about 4.5 ?
> 
> I think, Typo3 should have an up-to-date image renderer,
> that has 32bit PNG-Support and renders Text _really_ nice...
> 
> So what do you Devs think about that ?
> 
> /Stefan

I think It's not to late for 4.4.
If you have an "pngBuilder" or wanna write one (would appreciate that) 
then rock it :)
Regards

Steffen