Appropriately rendering a graphical object when a corresponding outline has exact or inexact control points

In a computing system that has access to sets of related graphical objects, each set of related graphical objects including outlines representing individual graphical objects from the related set of graphical objects, a method for dynamically optimizing how a graphical object is to be rendered when control points on a corresponding outline are at inexact positions, the method comprising:

• an act of detecting that first and second parent control points on an outline have been adjusted to current positions in a grid space to comply with a constraint, wherein the first and second parent control points were adjusted in response to a determination that an edge of the outline passes through a center of a grid location;
• an act of detecting that a child control point between the first and second parent control points on the outline has been adjusted along a first axis of the grid space;
• an act of realigning the position of the child control point along a second axis of the grid space based on the current positions of the first and second parent control points;
• an act of rounding the position of the child control point by a fraction of the size of a grid location along a second axis of the grid space based on the current positions of the first and second parent control points;
• and
• an act of rendering a graphical object on an output device using the rounded position of the child control point.

A computer program product for use in a computing system that has access to sets of related graphical objects, each set of related graphical objects including outlines representing individual graphical objects from the related set of graphical objects, the computer program product for implementing a method for dynamically optimizing how a graphical object is to be rendered when a corresponding outline passes through the center of one or more grid locations, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform the following:

• calculate, based on the positions of control points on the outline, that between a first parent control point and a second parent control point an edge of the outline passes through the center of one or more grid locations;
• and
• in response to calculating that the outline passes through the center of the one or more grid locations:
• adjust the position of the first parent control point by a first fraction of the size of a grid location in a first direction;
• and
• adjust the position of the second parent control point by a second fraction of the size of a grid location in the first direction;
• and
• an act of rendering a graphical object on an output device using the adjusted first and second parent control points.

A computer program product for use in a computing system that has access to sets of related graphical objects, each set of related graphical objects including outlines representing individual graphical objects from the related set of graphical objects, the computer program product for implementing a method for dynamically optimizing how a graphical object is to be rendered when control points on a corresponding outline are at inexact positions, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform the following:

• detect that first and second parent control points on an outline have been adjusted to current positions in a grid space to comply with a constraint, wherein the parent control points were adjusted in response to a determination that an edge of the outline passes through a center of a grid location;
• detect that a child control point between the first and second parent control points on the outline has been adjusted along a first axis of the grid space;
• realign the position of the child control point along a second axis of the grid space based on the current positions of the first and second parent control points;
• round the position of the child control point by a fraction of the size of a grid location along a second axis of the grid space based on the current positions of the first and second parent control points;
• and
• an act of rendering a graphical object on an output device using the rounded position of the child control point.

In a computing system that has access to sets of related graphical objects, each set of related graphical objects including outlines representing individual graphical objects from the related set of graphical objects, a method for dynamically optimizing how a graphical object is to be rendered when a corresponding outline passes through the center of one or more grid locations, the method comprising

• an act of calculating, based on the positions of control points on the outline, that between a first parent control point and a second parent control point an edge of the outline passes through the center of one or more grid locations;
• in response to calculating that the outline passes through the center of one or more grid locations, performing a step for manipulating the position of the first and second control points such that the outline avoids the center of the grid location;
• and
• an act of rendering a graphical object on an output device using the manipulated first and second parent control points.

In a computing system that has access to sets of related graphical objects, each set of related graphical objects including outlines representing individual graphical objects from the related set of graphical objects, a method for dynamically optimizing how a graphical object is to be rendered when control points on a corresponding outline are at inexact positions, the method comprising:

• an act of detecting that parent control points on an outline have been adjusted to current positions in a grid space to comply with a constraint, wherein the parent control points were adjusted in response to a determination that an edge of the outline passes through the center of a grid location;
• an act of detecting that a child control point between the parent control points on the outline has been adjusted along a first axis of the grid space;
• a step for manipulating the position of the child control point such that the child control point is appropriately repositioned along the second axis;
• and
• an act of rendering a graphical object on an output device using the rounded position of the child control point.