 graphics library and thus
            only supports two pixel formats when rendering glyphs:
            monochrome 1-bit bitmaps, or 8-bit gray-level pixmaps.</p>

            <p>If you need to draw glyphs to other kinds of surfaces (for
            example, a 24-bit RGB pixmap), you need to use your favorite
            graphics library to do just that.</p>

            <p><em>Note however that in the case of rendering scalable glyph
            outlines to anti-aliased pixmaps, an application can also
 