[osg-users] Text Outline pixelated on close up

[OpenSceneGraph Users]

Hi,

I'm creating text objects that lie over the map, indicating the name of 
some cities. Pure white text was hard to read (the background represents 
vegetation, so it's colored, but some parts are white). Adding an outline 
solved that, but on close up, the outline looks pixelated and ugly. Using a 
drop_shadow also looks fine from a distance, but strange from a small 
distance, since the black shadow doesn't touch the white text. Is there 
something I can do to improve the appearance of the outline from close up, 
or to reduce the distance between the shadow and the text?

osg::Node* createLabel(const osg::Vec3& pos, float size, const std::string& 
label, osgText::Text::AxisAlignment axisAlignment)
{
    osg::Geode* geode = new osg::Geode();
    {
        osgText::Text* text = new osgText::Text;
        geode->addDrawable( text );
        text->setPosition(pos);
        text->setCharacterSize(size);
        text->setAxisAlignment(axisAlignment);
        text->setAlignment(osgText::Text::CENTER_CENTER);
        text->setBackdropType(osgText::Text::OUTLINE); // 
DROP_SHADOW_BOTTOM_RIGHT
        text->setBackdropColor(osg::Vec4(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.5f));
        std::string dest = desaxUTF8( label );
        text->setText( dest );
    }
    return geode;
}

Thanks,

Rodrigo.

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