Hans Hagen
WillAdams@aol.com wrote:
I think ``horribly'' is a bit extreme. Rules are drawn like any other filled rectangle, and can be set to be anti-aliased in viewers which support that setting for graphic objects. Using a character is an interesting idea, but has difficulties as Hans noted.
get me right: replacing rules in math sounds ok to me, but not in other cases, which reminds me too much of slanted pictex lines built out of periods
True, math mode does not have the problem of selection, but using characters still sounds horrible. It *will* wind up being like pictex or that old sprite.sty in reverse. The leap to characters is particularly excessive because most rule rendering problems can be relieved by using stroked lines instead of filled rectangles. Add a few heuristics of height/width and you are set. -- Donald Arseneau asnd@triumf.ca