HintStyle Enumeration

Specifies the type of hinting to do on font outlines.

Syntax

public enum HintStyle

Remarks

Hinting is the process of fitting outlines to the pixel grid in order to improve the appearance of the result. Since hinting outlines involves distorting them, it also reduces the faithfulness to the original outline shapes. Not all of the outline hinting styles are supported by all font backends.

Members

Member Name	Description
Default	Use the default hint style for for font backend and target device
Full	Hint outlines to maximize contrast
Medium	Hint outlines with medium strength giving a compromise between fidelity to the original shapes and contrast
None	Do not hint outlines
Slight	Hint outlines slightly to improve contrast while retaining good fidelity to the original shapes.

Requirements

Namespace: Cairo
Assembly: Mono.Cairo (in Mono.Cairo.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0