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Is there a way I could get a better text rendering quality in window forms.
I tried playing with the "TextRenderingHint", but was of no use.
The font is Helvetica Neue LT Pro, and the desired outcome created in photoshop appears on the left of the attached image. I introduced it in .NET using the .otf file as a resource.
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Text rendering is the process of converting a string to a format that is readable to the user. For simple scripts, this process is straightforward. For more complicated scripts, there are many factors that lead to the correct rendering of a string. Capitalization, upper-casing, and lower-casing.
optimizeLegibility – The browser emphasizes legibility over rendering speed and geometric precision. This enables the use of special kerning and optional ligature information that may be contained in the font file for certain fonts.
Font rasterization is the process of converting text from a vector description (as found in scalable fonts such as TrueType fonts) to a raster or bitmap description. This often involves some anti-aliasing on screen text to make it smoother and easier to read.
The text-rendering CSS property provides information to the rendering engine about what to optimize for when rendering text. The browser makes trade-offs among speed, legibility, and geometric precision. Note: The text-rendering property is an SVG property that is not defined in any CSS standard.
Winforms doesn't support Open Type fonts. So the Windows font mapper found you a substitute TrueType font. It resembles your original font but of course doesn't render the same. Not having ClearType enabled won't improve the outcome either.
Open Type font support in Windows in general is not exactly stellar. You can typically only rely on Adobe programs to support it well, there's no decent fallback for programs that render text with GDI or GDI+. I only know of WPF as a GUI builder tool that support it. Dealing with the gratuitous Adobe product compatibility problems on Windows has a long, long history. And resembles the joy I experience having to use Flash or Reader.
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My advice would first be to make your image the exact size you require the button to be incorporating the required margin. Then TextImageRelation = ImageAboveText, ImageAlign = MiddleCenter, AutoSize = True and AutoSizeMode = GrowAndShrink.
This is about all you can do apart from switching to WPF and living happily ever after with your amazing WPF buttons.
I hope this helps.
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