Definition: While aliasing is the jagged edges on curves and diagonal lines in a bitmap image, anti-aliasing is the process of smoothing out those jagged edges. Enlarging a bitmap image accentuates the effect and appearance of aliasing.
Anti-aliasing adds additional pixels to make the edges of graphics and text appear less jagged. Font smoothing software provides anti-aliasing for on-screen type. Graphics software programs have options for anti-aliasing text and graphics.
Also Known As: smoothing | font smoothing
Alternate Spellings: antialiasing | antialias | anti-aliased
Common Misspellings: anti-alaising | anti-alising | ante-aliasing
