Direct2D Border Around Text

Question

For better visual appearance want to draw a black border around my text.

Currently i am drawing the same text 5 times.

If i want to draw the text on x = 5, y = 10 i would draw the text one time on the actual position.

Then i would draw the same text in black color with slightly other positions.

1. x = 4, y = 10

2. x = 5, y = 9

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I can only imagine that this is bad performance wise. Or is this the correct way?

Answer 1

I never did it the correct way myself, but it seems here they did it: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/376597/Outline-Text-With-DirectWrite