Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. Font rendering will also now respect user...
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Certain fonts which were formerly packaged in the Windows image are now downloaded from Features on Demand, resulting in a possible regression from Windows 8.1 that is by design. This article explains this feature change and effects and provides separate guidance for end users, OEMs and system...
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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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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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Resolves a vulnerability in DirectWrite that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a malicious webpage that embeds TrueType font files.
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Resolves a vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite that could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client.
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Severity Rating: Moderate
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite. In an Instant Messenger-based attack scenario, the vulnerability could allow denial of...
Fixes an issue in which an application that uses DirectWrite cannot use the DirectWrite font cache if the application runs in a restricted security context. Therefore, the application does not start. This issue occurs on a computer that is running...
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Fixes some issues that occur when you run an application that uses the DirectWrite API in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. For example, the Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 IDE crashes when you the operations about the font file.
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Fixes an issue in which you may experience slow performance in applications that use the DirectWrite API (for example, Internet Explorer 9). This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
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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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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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Microsoft's IE 9 to get GPU acceleration Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Monday, 23 November 2009 08:41
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...