I need to make a custom edit control.
I would like to be able to provide anti-aliazed fonts even on systems which dont have suport them internally like ClearType of WinXp. So i would be able to have anti-aliased fonts on say even win2k on win98.
I know nothing about graphics programming.
Can anyone give me any links to information about amaking text look anti-aliased?
I would like to be able to provide anti-aliazed fonts even on systems which dont have suport them internally like ClearType of WinXp. So i would be able to have anti-aliased fonts on say even win2k on win98.
I know nothing about graphics programming.
Can anyone give me any links to information about amaking text look anti-aliased?
There is an open source ClearType-like library on sourceforge, but I don't remember what it is called. Steve Gibson also did a little test program for type rendering.
perhaps freetype has AA support? Quite a lot of overhead just to get AA fonts though ;)
perhaps freetype has AA support? Quite a lot of overhead just to get AA fonts though ;)
Well, if doing this for freetype, don't you think you'll need a *lot* of the existing code? Ie, TTF parsing and rendering. I doubt that's a small piece of code... you might be lucky, though.
Steve Gibsons site is nice. But what i need right now is a bit of example code. It would be hell going through the entire freetype source.
Steve Gibsons site is nice.
*giggle* - as long as you're able to filter the HYPE, self-promotion, casual name-dropping and general bullshit ;)
You might be able to figure out how he does the cleartype by looking at his programs, or perhaps send the GH0D!!! an email.