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Allan Murray

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Nov 20, 2009, 10:07:10 PM11/20/09
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Hello,

There are several apps available to produce fancy text effects (3D, shadow
etc)
eg FontTwister (http://www.neuber.com/twister/), DDTitle
(http://www.softlab-nsk.com/ddtitle/) etc.

I want to incorporate similar effects into my own application. Does anybody
know of a graphics library that can do this?

I am looking for a small library (hopefully just a single dll), either free
or commercial.

Thanks,
Allan


Christian ASTOR

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Nov 21, 2009, 7:36:24 AM11/21/09
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On 21 nov, 04:07, "Allan Murray" <all...@uk2.net> wrote:
> I want to incorporate similar effects into my own application. Does anybody
> know of a graphics library that can do this?
>
> I am looking for a small library (hopefully just a single dll), either free
> or commercial.

GDI+, GDI, IDXTransformFactory, etc...
(all libraries are included in Windows...)

Allan Murray

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:39:20 PM11/21/09
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Thanks ASTOR,

But I was looking for something a little 'higher level' aimed specifically
for text effects.

Cheers,
Allan

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[Jongware]

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Nov 23, 2009, 7:18:23 AM11/23/09
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Shadow is trivial (draw the text twice).
GetGlyphOutline provides you with the outlines of any glyph, and can
serve as a basis for any further effects such as
outline, masking over bitmaps, and -- with a little path manipulation --
twisting and deforming.

Another way could be using a general graphics library, such as AntiGrain.

[Jongware]

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