Anti-Aliasing Fonts

Question

Hi,

Now that I know how to load and display fonts from a .TTF file, my question is how do I anti-alias text when I draw using Graphics.DrawText(...) ? They look ugly otherwise. I am using WM 6.0 device and CF 3.5.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi,

The following PDF might help you :-

http://community.opennetcf.com/blogs/cf/200710/GDIPlus/Using%20GDI+%20on%20Windows%20Mobile.pdf

Hope this helps.

Paul Diston

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http://www.smartmobiledevice.co.uk/

Answer 2

Hi,

Another possibility worth investigating is turning on Antialiasing or ClearType for your existing Graphics.DrawText call.

Peter Foot discusses how this is achievable via the Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.LogFont class in a blog post of his titled "Antialisasing and .NETCF" available at http://inthehand.com/blogs/peterfoot/archive/2008/04/02/antialisasing-and-netcf.aspx.

using Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms;

LogFont lf = new LogFont();

lf.FaceName = "Tahoma";

lf.Height = 48;

lf.Quality = LogFontQuality.AntiAliased;

label2.Font = Font.FromLogFont(lf);

Hope this helps,
Christopher Fairbairn

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