Rendering text question (context is MSWin UI Automation)

[Boris Borcic]

Chris Mellon wrote:
> 
> Using either win32 or wxPython you will be able to produce bitmaps
> directly, without needing to create a visible window.
> 
> 
> Some quick & dirty wxPython code
> 
> def getTextBitmap(text, font, fgcolor, bgcolor):
>     dc = wx.MemoryDC()
>     dc.SetFont(font)
>     width, height= dc.GetTextExtent(text)
>     bmp = wx.EmptyBitmap(width, height)
>     dc.SelectObject(bmp)
>     dc.SetBackground(wx.Brush(bgcolor))
>     dc.Clear()
>     dc.SetTextBackground(bgcolor)
>     dc.SetTextForeground(fgcolor)
>     dc.DrawText(text, 0, 0)
>     dc.SelectObject(wx.NullBitmap)
>     return bmp
> 
> 
> Raw win32 code will look similar but will be much more verbose.

Thx again for this base.

Quickly testing this, it appears that the result is rendered half a pixel off in 
the x-direction. Does this make sense ? Is it possible to position text with 
subpixel accuracy ?

Regards, Boris Borcic