[KAWSquared]

Lately i've been learning moar and moar about GDI++ . I've learned how to exclude fonts and how to make it start up without having to right click > enable the tray icon. First off, here's how to have it start up with you:

• Create a shortcut to Gditray.exe and add it to StartProgramsStartup.
  
• Right click the file and click the Shortcut tab. You should see a box labeled Target: C:Program FilesGDITrayGditray.exe or something similar. Add

"-on"

So now, it should look something like this:

C:Program FilesGDITrayGditray.exe "-on"

3. It should work now. Click Apply and OK and then Re-Login.

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Now, i will tell you how to exclude certain fonts from GDI. First of all, you must find out which rendering model you're using. You can do this by Right clicking your GDI tray icon > Use preferences > and then cycling through the available options and finding which one looks the best. Once you've determined which one looks best, go to your GDI Directory and open up the INI folder. There should be 4 INI files there. All the numbers match up to the options in the Use preferences menu (i.e. 1.ini = the first option in the Use Preferences menu).

Open up the appropriate INI in Notepad or an equivalent.

Navigate to the bottom of the document:



Adding fonts under the [Exclude] parameter will exclude them. Adding applications under the [ExcludeModule] parameter will exclude those applications.


I know this much about GDI so far, more to be added

[Ojalord]

I must be on a different version, as there is nothing called "Use Preferences" in my tray menu. All configuration I've done is through the ini file, which is quite easy to do.

That "-on" thing was something I'd been searching for since long.

Here's my custom config ini,

[General]

HookChildProcesses=1

HintingMode=1

AntiAliasMode=1

MaxHeight=200

FontLoader=1

GammaMode=0

GammaValue=1

Contrast=1

RenderWeight=1.1

NormalWeight=1

BoldWeight=1

ItalicSlant=1

LcdFilter=0

LoadOnDemand=1

CacheMaxFaces=32

CacheMaxSizes=32

CacheMaxBytes=4194304



[Individual]



[Exclude]

Marlett



[ExcludeModule]

fontview.exe

msdev.exe

devenv.exe

gditray.exe







[GdiTray]

MultiINISelector=0

RedrawDelay=50

CoolMenu=1

[KAWSquared]

I'm using GDI++.DLL Version 8.0.2007.0923.

Try changing your MultiINISelector=0 to MultiINISelector=1.

[Ojalord]

GDI++.DLL Version 8.0.2007.0927

I have a newer version, lol.

[V2KMGS]

Hmm... For some reason I have never had to put -on in my Startup shortcut. It just turned on anyway. Am I using a different one than everyone else?

[Addiction]

mines is activated at start up aswell and i have the 0923 version

[devrexster]

Excuse me! but can i ask what is gdi++ ?!
HEHE! plz bear wit me! i am still newcomer here

Looks like font smoothing isnt it ?!!!!

[Addiction]

ye it's like cleartype but better, google it

[Ojalord]

There's another thread I created here. Search "Font smoothing" and you should find it. Google will give a lot of jap stuff and virtually nil resources in english.

[KAWSquared]

Hm well if the .927 version lacks that feature that i shaln't update it.

[Addiction]

I upgraded to the 0927 version and it gave me the rendering of the default xp .
So i had to look for the installer some chinese guy made on hollywood gui.
Took me hours to find it haha thought it had actually been deleted

[4765123]

mine seems to ignore the [ExcludeModule] setting, im using gdi0850 build that came without the tray [couldnt seem to find a recent link for tray]

[Ojalord]

I made a custom installer too.

Attached File(s)

•  setup.zip (744.98K)
  Number of downloads: 1253

[Samio]

many many thanks for this ojalord...........

Will try and post how it goes....

[Samio]

Edit: It works just as advertised! Just hit check 'enable' from the systray icon after running setup....

Thanks for your efforts Oja!

[Ojalord]

Follow the instructions of Bapestar from the first post to make the app enable itself automatically.

Also, do not forget to read the translated readme I've included and tweak the ini to settings that look best to you.

[KAWSquared]

Well LADIDA, I just found a virus in Uninstall.exe. The virus is called Win32:Neptunia-OV. Is it a false positive? If it's a trojan, how has it not done anything in the 3 - 4 months i've had GDI++ installed?

[Ojalord]

Huh? What uninstall.exe?

Try virustotal...

[KAWSquared]

My version has an Uninstall.exe included. It must be a false positive, no way it would be on my drive for all this time and not do anything. Avast must be just playing it safe. Whatever the case is, i deleted the file.

[guykamen]

There is a glaring problem with GDI++. Check this out.
//img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gdispacingproblemkm6.jpg

Left is Firefox, right is Safari. Notice how the small fonts are unevenly spaced.

Also, from the default Light setting down to Medium, Asian fonts on the desktop icons doesn't display font smoothing at all. In fact on the version I'm running right now--1.0.2007.1227, Light to Medium settings are virtually no different from Cleartype. To get OS X style font smoothing it seems the only way is to select "old.ini". But why are they undermining OS X font smoothing only to replace it with Cleartype. It makes no sense.

Here's another version I found on a Chinese blog. It comes with Strong Medium and Light setting (shown in kanji characters) that supports unhinted font smoothing.

sendspace.com/file/ugit9x