Graphics Programming with GDI+

5.5. Rendering Text with Quality and Performance

In Chapter 3 (Section 3.1) I said that we would discuss some of the Graphics class members in later chapters. Here we will discuss the TextRenderingHint property of the Graphics class.

Note

The TextRenderingHint enumeration is defined in the System.Drawing.Text namespace.

The TextRenderingHint property of the Graphics class defines the quality of text rendered on graphics surfaces. The quality also affects drawing performance. For best performance, select low-quality rendering. Better quality will produce slower rendering. For LCD displays, ClearType text provides the best quality.

The TextRenderingHint property takes a value of type TextRenderingHint enumeration. The members of the TextRenderingHint ...