Is there a fast way to draw text in WPF

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I need to display a lot of text in my WPF window.

I am using DrawingContext.DrawText but it is too slow.

I tried DrawingContext.DrawGlyph. The call itself is faster but if you count the glyph creation, it is about the same time.

Is there a way to speed things up even it means loosing text quality?

more explanation would go a long way. how slow is "too slow"? — John Gardner, Feb 22 '11 at 17:23
probable duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4067750/why-is-wpfs-drawingcontext-drawtext-so-expensive — John Gardner, Feb 22 '11 at 17:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '11 at 14:58

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Have you tried with TextBlock controls ? I put them on a Canvas, and for me it turned out to be faster than solutions involving FormattedText or DrawingContext.DrawGlyphRun().

answered Feb 25 '11 at 14:58

Jem

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