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there is DrawTextW in d2d1 and DWrite can also draw text.
what is the difference?
You can see MSDN : Text Rendering with Direct2D and DirectWrite
I had also uploaded a test in WinU 3 for some basic animation effects that can be done in DirectWrite (DWriteCore) : WinUI3_SwapChainPanel_DWriteCore
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There are several differences:
Use Direct2D's DrawTextW for simple, quick text rendering.
Use DirectWrite for advanced text layouts, complex scripts, or when you need fine-grained control over typography and rendering...
DrawTextW is mostly CPU-based while DirectWrite is GPU-accelerated.
DrawTextW has a basic Unicode support while DirectWrite has full supprt.
Font support is limited in DrawTextW but DirectWrite has advanced Font support.
HiDPI Support is excellent in DirectWrite.