Unlike other APIs, such as [GDI](/windows/desktop/gdi/windows-gdi), GDI+ or WPF, [Direct2D](./direct2d-portal.md) interoperates with another API, [DirectWrite ...
First of all, the most important difference. Text rendered with GDI is smooth, as the gamma is correct. Text rendered with DirectWrite is unsmooth due to incorrect gamma. For many years GDI was the ...
Google released the latest beta version of its Chrome browser today, and if you’re a Windows user on a machine that runs at least Vista, fonts will now look better on your screen. That’s because the ...
Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 is out with an updated settings UI design, a new "elevate" profile setting and a revamped text rendering engine, about which the dev team issued an apology. Terminal ...
Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...