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Better and more stable font handling

The text editor in Trados Studio 2022 is now more modern and offers improved functionality.

We updated the underlying infrastructure from the old Graphics Drawing Interface (GDI) to the more modern and stable graphics API, Direct2D.

Direct2D can draw to the screen using the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This provides several benefits:
  • Font rendering is sharper, more legible with smooth edges (anti-aliasing).
  • Can render any character in the Unicode range.
  • Support for special or custom fonts is present.
  • Rendering is faster, as it happens on the GPU.
  • Leaves room for other graphics APIs in the future.