As an aside I’ve yet to come across anything more technically complete than ClearType. Bitmaps/Textures done via some janky early-2000 NeHe tutorial inspired thing aren’t even on the table. Yeah people will hate on Microsoft and Windows and bicker and whatever, I don’t care because of all the shit I’ve dealt with trying to use freetype and additional libraries, ClearType has never let me down. I’ve used D2D with D3D in conjunction with shared surfaces and other hacks to join the two, and it’s pleasant enough that the final product is well worth the programming agony.
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