[Matplotlib-devel] Internals of smooth plotting in matplotlib

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

> There is but it does not seem to work very well. Certainly not as good as AGG back end.

Part of the problem may be that you have to specify coordinates in
integers, forcing a rounding even before you draw.

One kludgy option is to draw at double resolution, and then rescale the image.

> I see that now. I don't really want to depend on AGG. Perhaps I can re-implement it in Java/Scala.

I’d look for s better Java rendering lib...

-CHB