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V24.1

DXTextRenderingHint Enum

Lists values that indicate the quality of text rendering.

Namespace: DevExpress.Drawing

Assembly: DevExpress.Drawing.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Drawing

Declaration

public enum DXTextRenderingHint

Members

Name Description
SystemDefault

A glyph bitmap with system default rendering hint is used to draw each character. The text is drawn using font-smoothing settings the user has selected for the system.

SingleBitPerPixelGridFit

A glyph bitmap is used to draw each character. Hinting is used to improve character appearance on stems and curvatures.

SingleBitPerPixel

A glyph bitmap is used to draw each character. Hinting is not used.

AntiAliasGridFit

An antialiased glyph bitmap with hinting is used to draw each character. Much better quality due to antialiasing, but at a higher performance cost.

AntiAlias

An antialiased glyph bitmap without hinting is used to draw each character. Better quality due to antialiasing. Stem width differences may be noticeable because hinting is turned off.

ClearTypeGridFit

A glyph ClearType bitmap with hinting is used to draw each character. The highest quality setting. Used to take advantage of ClearType font features.

Related API Members

The following properties accept/return DXTextRenderingHint values:

Library Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library DXGraphics.TextRenderingHint
Office File API BarCode.TextRenderingHint

See Also