Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-02-2008 2:22 PM |

Hi,

I'd like to create a Silverlight application using the classic HTML-Design. Well, the Silverlight textbox using anti-alias effect, but HTML doesn't.

Is there any way to tell Silverlight rendering the text without an anti-alias effect?

Thanks
Holger

Re: Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-03-2008 3:30 AM |

hfleck:

anti-alias effect?

x:Name="" ? I think it's not possible to do in Silverlight. Just curious . Why don't you want this?

Re: Re: Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-03-2008 5:39 PM |

Well, perhaps it would make sense for the plugin to detect whether anti-aliasing was being performed on the client. Personally, I find the inconsistency between the rendered HTML text and the Silverlight text to be an annoyance. I would welcome the ability to specify anti-aliasing mode: [ ON | OFF | AUTO ]

Re: Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-05-2008 6:32 PM |

Yes, I too would prefer crisp non-anti-aliasing text in text boxes. I think the anti-aliasing looks blurry and unprofessional and I know a lot of users who have that same impression. Typography is one of the most important elements in UI design. But unfortunately it's too often overlooked. We should definitely be given the option to turn off anti-aliasing.

My 2 cents,

Bruce Denham

 

Re: Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-10-2008 1:09 PM |

 Agreed. It does seem like just a poorly written anti-aliasing alogrithm. "Blurry" is the best way to describe it.  Maybe the ClearType guys can drop by the Silverlight/WPF team and edubicate them on proper anti-aliasing algorithms.. Heck, maybe even wire it in to the ClearType API's or other existing libraries... :)

Re: Re: Prevent anti-alias in textbox

06-16-2008 7:46 PM |

Maybe just change a font, some fonts has no anti-alias