2015-07-24 1:20 GMT+02:00 william.croc...@analog.com <william.croc...@analog.com>: > >> >> I have this working with DirectWrite on Windows, >> but it only appears to work when my app is built with debug mode. >> If I build it in release mode then it does *not* work >> and the text appears badly kerned. >> > > This was all my fault. > (D'oh My release build was not using the intended dlls.) > > The original problem: Small point size text looked bad > when rendered on Windows. It looked bad because the individual > characters were not kerned well. Some chars were too close > together and some were too far apart and all in the same word. > > This was fixed by using a version of Qt (4.8.6 in my case) > which was built with the -directwrite option. > > Bill > > ------------------------------------------ > I built Qt on windows like this. > My command window was opened from Visual Studio 2008 > (Pull down tools to VisualStudio2008CommandPrompt) > > set INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Include; > > set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin; > > cd 4.8.6 > > ..\qt-everywhere-enterprise-src-4.8.6\configure -directwrite -no-declarative > -no-qt3support -no-webkit -nomake demos -nomake examples -nomake docs -nomake > translations > > nmake
Thanks for sharing and glad you figured it all out finally. Elvis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
