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#Feb 29th @ 9:34 AM
RoyalSchrubber
RoyalSchrubber
One. How many time travellers does it take to change a lightbulb?

This really doesn't bother me very much, but if anyone knows the reason why text is rendered differently then enlighten me please. Smiley


So here's the crime scene:





Magnified:




Left button has text rendered on Paint event of that button, right button has Text property set to the same text.

You can see there is not much difference, though I think right (vista) version of button looks slightly better.

Code that generates .NET button looks like this:

e.Graphics

.DrawString("Infinity color", button2.Font, new SolidBrush(button2.ForeColor), x, y);

I don't see why these two buttons don't render the same. Does Vista use newer version of anti-aliasing technology that is not available in .NET?

(guess I'll have to go fiddle with win32 api - but I don't want to Tongue Out)
#Feb 29th @ 9:58 AM
BorekB
BorekB
I strongly dislike WPF's text rendering (the text is much less readable in my opinion - and yes, I am on LCD) and would also like to know why
the team didn't use system rendering. Maybe there was some good reason but from my (user's) perspective, I simply don't like it.
#Feb 29th @ 10:31 AM
stevo_
stevo_
Casablanca != Manchester
I think this is the cleartype vs wpf debate.. goog- I mean, 'search engine of preference' that, and you'll see tons of debate about it.
#Feb 29th @ 10:46 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
Trust me, I'm from the Internets
The difference is not because of Vista: it's the difference between rendering using GDI or GDI+. Drawing in .NET uses GDI+. To render text using GDI, use the TextRenderer-class.
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