Direct2D is a 2D vector graphics application programming interface (API) designed by Microsoft and implemented in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and...
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while the DirectX pattern has been continued for Windows APIs such as Direct2D and DirectWrite. Direct3D (the 3D graphics API within DirectX) is widely...
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can interoperate with GDI/GDI+, Direct2D/Direct3D and any application-specific technology. When using with Direct2D, text rendering can be hardware-accelerated...
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as monitors and printers. It was superseded by DirectDraw API and later Direct2D API.[citation needed] Windows apps use Windows API to interact with GDI...
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and Android. Direct2D or OpenGL can be used on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. On Windows platforms where Direct2D is not available...
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included with Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. It includes enhancements to Direct2D, DirectWrite, Direct3D, Windows Imaging Component (WIC), Windows Advanced...
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in Chapel Hill North Carolina, before being acquired by Google in 2005. Direct2D Starling Framework Anti-Grain Geometry CoreGraphics Cairo QuickDraw GX...
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Android and WebAssembly. Avalonia supports multiple renderers, including Direct2D and Skia Graphics Engine, allowing it to operate on a broad range of platforms...
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Automation API 3.0 (MSAA and UI Automation updates) Windows Graphics Runtime (Direct2D, Direct3D 10 Level 9, Direct3D 11, DirectX 11, DXGI 1.1, DirectWrite, and...
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graphics editors Comparison of graphics file formats Computer-aided design Direct2D Illustration Javascript graphics library Raster to vector Raster graphics...
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load on the CPU. Examples of immediate mode rendering systems include Direct2D, OpenGL and Quartz. There are some immediate mode GUIs that are particularly...
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e Microsoft APIs and frameworks Graphics and UI Desktop Window Manager Direct2D Direct3D D3D (extensions) GDI / GDI+ WPF Silverlight WinUI Windows Color...
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features return of hardware 2D acceleration for use by GDI (but not GDI+) and Direct2D/DirectWrite BitBlt, StretchBlt, TransparentBlt AlphaBlend, ColorFill ClearType...
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Retrieved 2017-08-08. Microsoft Windows SDK Blog: New samples in Win 7 SDK: Direct2D and DirectWrite "Windows SDK 7.1 release notes". Retrieved 23 July 2014...
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development targeting the graphics APIs OpenVG, Qt, Skia, and Microsoft's Direct2D. The BeOS, OS/2, DirectFB and OpenGL backends were dropped in 2022. The...
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in standard display libraries, such as the MacIntosh QuickDraw API, and Direct2D on Windows. Jack Bresenham at IBM is most famous for the invention of 2D...
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(SVG). It also features hardware-accelerated graphics rendering using Direct2D, hardware-accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware-accelerated...
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master/slave processes, Microsoft Edge webView2 control and some support for Direct2D+DirectWrite+Windows Imaging Component. Version 9 introduces bounded polymorphism...
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communications between mobile nodes orchestrated by the cellular operator Direct2D, a hardware-accelerated 2D API built on top of Direct3D 10 Direct2Drive...
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earlier, unrelated wrapper that does the same thing. DirectDraw Surface Direct2D Direct3D DirectX QuickDraw Saffitz, Michael (13 August 2007). "Have you...
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in Firefox. The project has several objectives including: more accurate Direct2D compatibility optimized state interoperability improved control over performance...
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but may appear somewhat different when printed. This has changed with Direct2D/DirectWrite shipping on Windows 7 and Windows Vista platform update, allowing...
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applications or in a headless environment, or for remote rendering of Direct2D/DirectWrite for Remote Desktop Connection clients. WARP is a full-featured...
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"Chakra". It also features hardware accelerated graphics rendering using Direct2D, hardware-accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware-accelerated...
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been formally supported with UWP applications natively using DirectWrite/Direct2D for text rendering with color font support, and first-class emoji support...
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implementation for Vulkan API, and DirectX 11.2 for OpenGL. Direct2D support has been updated to Direct2D 1.2. Wine 4.0 also allows Wine to run Vulkan applications...
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(graphics layer) Quartz Compositor QuickDraw Display PostScript Core Image Direct2D "Apple - Developer - Quartz 2D Programming Guide". Retrieved 2012-03-28...
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2012 Compatibility Cookbook. MSDN. Retrieved 4 September 2012. "Comparing Direct2D and GDI - DirectX Developer Blog". Archived from the original on 2014-04-08...
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overhead, and allow greater utilisation of multicore processors. OpenVG Direct2D Quartz 2D Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Simple...
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multiple backends with support for text. Cairo can use OpenVG as a backend. Direct2D Skia Graphics Engine Starling Framework "OpenVG - the Standard for Vector...
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