A method of rendering graphical objects

A method (900) of combining a plurality of objects is disclosed. The method (900) efficiently combines a set of contiguous graphical objects to generate a high level compiled object representing the combination of the contiguous objects. The method (900) may be used to combine such contiguous objects even if the objects have different fill types. The method (900) outputs the compiled object to a display list. The compiled object has an associated meta-fill (835). The meta-fill (835) is a compound fill, which may be used to describe a collection of fills associated with the compiled object.