Hairlines and Scaling

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Thanks for your response, Scott.

I suppose one method for me to achieve this effect will be to print  
my output at a 50% magnification. This would reduce one pixel lines  
to half a pixel. Of course this means that the objects themselves  
will have to be drawn at twice their size in order to produce an  
accurately scaled drawing. Using one of my other programming  
languages I was able to do Hairlines; whether they were 1/2 pixel  
width or not, I'm not sure; but they looked narrower. FYI, I'm  
planning to write a program that can be used to create shop drawings  
of a manufacturer's product by providing digital input, rather than  
having to actually draw the items. Once I've figured out how to do  
this it will reduce the time to produce these drawings, properly  
label and date everything to minutes instead of the days it now  
takes; even using CAD systems.

Again, thanks,

Joe Wilkins

On Dec 31, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Recently, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>
>> Has anyone developed a method of giving graphic objects' lines a
>> thickness less than 1 pixel in size? Also, a method of assigning
>> other than 72 pixels per inch; preferably 192?
>
> Rev cannot natively display a "true" line object less than 1 pixel in
> thickness since it does not currently support sub-pixel  
> positioning, but
> even then, all you might wind up with is a blurred line that  
> occupies more
> than 1 pixel in thickness.  Are you perhaps trying to create a  
> scalable
> display or something else?
>
> The only way I can think of to accomplish something like this is to  
> use an
> image that has space around the line that will antialias when  
> scaled.  Not
> sure if this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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