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DOS386
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As found out from discussions in the past and tests with the NCONVERT Win32 binary, the existing "Add Text" feature is just a very thin wrapper around the Win32-Font-API. It would be cool to have additionally a native implementation exiting on all target platforms and looking same on them all. I indeed know what this is about, some possibilities:

- Write all from scratch. Much work.

- Find a lib compatible by code (C89) and licence (BSD:good , GPL:evil). I don't know any. Hints are welcome :idea:

- Add just a "VGA-like" font text - easy, but not very useful on images >>1000 pixels in size.

- Use a "VGA-like" font, zoom it up using NN - easy, but not very professional, but IMHO better than nothing.

- Use a "VGA-like" font, zoom it up using Lanczos - easy, tested, looks fairly good :) :)

- Use my "zoomable text" code. Better than NN, but not as "professional" as someone might expect ...
There is indeed no WinZIP under my rock.
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