I think this is a bug with rendering a string to a graphics2d

Question

Hiya,
The following lines of code create the rendering error I am experiencing, to which I have tested on several computers.
BufferedImage bi=new BufferedImage(100,100,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d=bi.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(new Color(1f,0f,0f,0.5f));
g2d.fillRect(0,0,100,100);
RenderingHints renderingHints=new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
RenderingHints rh=new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
renderingHints.add(rh);
rh=new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION,RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY);
renderingHints.add(rh);
g2d.setRenderingHints(renderingHints);
g2d.setFont(new Font("Lucida",Font.BOLD,14));
g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g2d.drawString("SQOWTGBC",10,30);
When the destination image has an alpha of 1 the text is rendered with the correct antialiasing. However, in this example where the alpha is 0.5 the text is rendered with unwanted artifacts.
[http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/269344_590137484330481_704825569_n.jpg]
This image has JPG artifacts but the unwanted rendering artifacts are still visible (ie the brighter edges)
I am wondering if this is not in fact an error but the intended result. If so, how to I configure the graphics object to render the antialiased text without the artifacts?
I could not find where to submit a bug on the oracle website for the life of me so maybe if someone would like to explain how this is achieved I will be very grateful.
Penny
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I have spent several hours trying to find if this has been reported as a bug or if there is a solution posted online but to no avail.
Edited by: 995038 on Mar 20, 2013 5:32 AM
Edited by: 995038 on Mar 20, 2013 5:33 AM
Edited by: 995038 on Mar 20, 2013 5:36 AM

Answer 1

I have made a work around for the moment.
This work around uses a BufferedImage to render the antialiased text first which does not create the artefacts and then draw the image of the text to where the text should appear. I dont think this is an acceptable solution because in the case where there could be 1000s of TextLayout objects the increased overhead would be unacceptable.
private void drawTextLayout(Graphics2D g2d,float x,float _y) {
Rectangle r=_g2d.getClipBounds();
bufferG2D.translate(r.x,r.y);
Composite c=bufferG2D.getComposite();
bufferG2D.setComposite(clearComposite);
bufferG2D.fill(r);
bufferG2D.setComposite(c);
textLayout.draw(bufferG2D,_x,_y);
bufferG2D.translate(-r.x,-r.y);
_g2d.drawImage(buffer,r.x,r.y,null);
the BufferedImage of bufferG2D would need to be large enough to cater for any size of text to be rendered to which I believe the size should be set to the screen size. This solution requires that there always be a _g2d clip assigned.
Regards
Penny