Re: Pango layouts rendering on Windows using Cairo.

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Plex wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to work with Pango and Cairo under Gtkmm, currently running
> on Windows.
> 
> I'm having trouble getting Pango to render nice text. In this screenshot:
> 
>         http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x210/plexerSE/pango.gif
> 
> the first line of text is rendered with Cairo and the second with
> Pango using the following code:
> 
...
>
> I expected the Pango text to look similar to, or at least no worse
> than, the cairo text (which is looking pretty awful to begin with, I
> think I must not have anti-aliasing enabled). I assume the reason is
> that I'm using Pango incorrectly, but I've been unable to find much
> documentation on the topic. Has anyone here successfully gotten Pango
> to play nicely with Cairo under Gtkmm?

Looks to me like you are not clearing the background and hence drawing the
text multiple times overlapping.

behdad


> Regards,
> James McGill
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