Paint Bucket Not Filling Completely

1) Create New Layer with transparent background
2) Polygonal Lasso to create shape (in this case a triangle)
3) Paint Bucket Tool to fill
See picture, it fills the shape, but the edges appear to have either some sort of feathering or gradient, but I have not been able to figure out which setting it is -

you appear to have a very low resolution image (20x20 pixels?) If you don't want the feathering, turn of the anti-alias option in the lasso tool options prior to making your selection.

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