Re: [hylafax-users] Ghostscript Anti-Aliasing For Better Quality Faxes

["Darren Nickerson" <darren.nickerson@xxxxxxxx>]

"A. Kalten" <akalten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Recently, I came across a ghostscript parameter that I didn't
> know had even existed.  The parameter is -dTextAlphaBits and
> can be used to antialias fonts when producing a TIFF fax file
> with the ghostscript tiffg3 drivers.  Specifically, when this
> parameter is set to maximum, -dTextAlphaBits=4, the fax file created
> is significantly better in quality when using text material created
> with OpenOffice or LaTeX or enscript.

Andrew,

Thanks for taking the time to share your discovery! 
Unfortunately, -dTextAlphaBits is not always useful - in some cases it 
produces dramatically better results, and in other cases leaves you with an 
unreadable tiff. I'm sure there's some rule of thumb for determining when it 
will help, and which value to use, but I don't know anyone who has taken the 
time to track it down.

Definitely one to keep in the toolbox though!

-Darren 


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