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0 pointsleecommamichael8mo ago0 comments

I’m almost nerd-sniped enough to try and see exactly where it breaks down.

What’s a native render function? Do you mean just using a graphics API as opposed to an off-the-shelf UI library?

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> What’s a native render function?

As in using DirectWrite or GDI on Windows; or Core Text on macOS. As opposed to shipping your own glyph rasterizer.

Doesn't the blog post specifically say they are shipping their own glyph rasterizer?

No?

> To work around this limitation, we decided to stop using Direct2D and switch to rasterizing glyphs using DirectWrite instead.

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> What’s a native render function?

As in using DirectWrite or GDI on Windows; or Core Text on macOS. As opposed to shipping your own glyph rasterizer.

Doesn't the blog post specifically say they are shipping their own glyph rasterizer?

No?

> To work around this limitation, we decided to stop using Direct2D and switch to rasterizing glyphs using DirectWrite instead.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse