In this post, we’ll introduce you to a text technology called color fonts. We’ll discuss what color fonts are, when they can be useful and how to use them in your Windows 10 apps.
What are color fonts?
Color fonts, also referred to as “multicolor fonts” or “chromatic fonts,” are a relatively...
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Link Removed, a popular toolset that Microsoft also internally uses to implement some of its imaging apps, has been updated to version 3.0. Previous versions of the SDK have already powered applications with a total of over 100 million downloads and now has support for Windows 10 UWP (Universal...
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One way to learn app development for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is by taking advantage of the extensive and growing samples collection on GitHub. You can use these samples to learn about specific UWP features and APIs and as a source of working code that you can copy and paste into...
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One of the new libraries I've not blogged about enough (cough... at all... cough) is one that will help the C++ or C# dev create GPU accelerated 2D Windows Runtime apps on Windows 8.1/WinPhone 8.1 and Windows 10.
Why haven't I blogged about it? Well, I hate the author... JUST KIDDING. No, I've...
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In addition to today being the security update release, February 11 is officially Link Removed for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my “Do 1 Thing” recommendation would be to apply security updates, I’m guessing that for readers of this...
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Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 11, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet...
Update Tuesday (Tomorrow 26th Feb 2013) see's Microsoft releasing platform updates for Win 7, 8 and RT. It is thought that the final version of IE10 will be released for Windows 7.
You can download a pre release version, detailed above, now.
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The pre release version of IE10 can be...
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Portions of DX11.1 are being made available to Windows 7 users via the new IE10 Preview for Windows 7. If you don't wish to use the browser but do want the extensions then a standalone is available here:
Download:
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Fixes an issue in which an application that uses Direct2D or Direct3D and that hosts Internet Explorer components may crash. This issue occurs in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2.
More...
A little background for those who wondering what is Direct2D and DirectWrite Hardware Acceleration
Direct2D :
Direct2Dis a hardware-accelerated, immediate-mode, 2-D graphics API that provides high performance and high-quality rendering for 2-D geometry, bitmaps, and text. The Direct2D...
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IE9 to become the browser with the best browsing experience in 2010
Internet Explorer 9, a free upgrade for the web - istartedsomething
It shocks me as a devoted Firefox user to say this, but Link Removed - Invalid URL could very well leapfrog the competition in the race of next-generation...
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Microsoft has shared very few details so far about Internet Explorer (IE) 9, but has said the company is planning to accelerate the performance of text and graphics rendering by taking advantage of the power of PCs’ graphics-processing unit (GPU).
Specifically, Microsoft officials said...
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Delegates tasks away from the browser
The next version of Internet Explorer will gain speed by off-loading as much as...
Microsoft has refreshed its lineup of DirectX offerings at the start of this week, and the company is by no means shy of focusing the spotlight on the evolution of the graphics technology as Windows 7 is contouring. The software giant is offering fresh Technical Previews of Direct2D...