1. A method implemented by a computing system having a processor of selectively applying graphical filtering to a portion of a character, the method comprising: accessing a character to be rendered; identifying a limited portion of the character, the limited portion of the character consisting of less than the entire character and being defined by a particular characteristic, the particular characteristic comprising a typographical characteristic corresponding to the limited portion of the character, wherein the typographical characteristic comprises one of either a serif, a stroke, a stem or a diagonal and such that identifying the limited portion of the character includes distinguishing between said serif, stroke, stem or diagonal and determining whether the limited portion is either the serif, the stroke, the stem or the diagonal; selecting a filter that has been pre-specified for the particular characteristic; and applying the filter to the limited portion of the character, while refraining from applying the filter to the entire character, and such that a different filter will be applied depending on whether the particular characteristic is distinguished to be said serif, stroke, stem or diagonal.