1. A method of determining a coverage area of a pixel covered by a scalable path definition for a character, the method comprising: receiving an edge direction for each edge of the scalable path definition intersecting the pixel; determining a fragment area for each of the intersecting edges, each of the fragment areas representing an area of the pixel located to a side of a corresponding edge, the side of the corresponding edge being selected according to a direction of the corresponding edge; and determining the coverage area of the pixel based on a sum of the fragment areas, the sum of the fragment areas having a value greater than a total area of the pixel.