In this post, hopefully the last on this subject¹, I'm going to compare the different text rending methods available for Windows .NET application for standard resolution devices².
 
I decided to revise my original findings (see: The wonders of text rendering and GDI) and do a comprehensive comparison for three reasons:

1. In response to my earlier post (see: GDI text rendering to image ) Kris commented he uses GraphicsPath for text rendering to image to achieve better visual quality than standard GDI+ text rendering.
2. My latest "revelation" (see: Blurry/Fuzzy GDI+ Text Rendering using anti-alias and floating-point Y coördinates ) on improving GDI+ text rendering visual quality.
3. GDI+ typographic StringFormat can offer good text measurement for custom text layout.

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