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<p>DirectWrite is a text layout and glyph rendering <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">API</a> by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It was designed to replace <a href="/facts/Graphics_Device_Interface/C8yuXxtL">GDI</a>/GDI+ and <a href="/facts/Uniscribe/arPUqSCz">Uniscribe</a> for screen-oriented rendering and was first shipped with <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008_R2/fphr15Tu">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008/hrcPjTCH">Windows Server 2008</a> (with <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista_Platform_Update/IASEUCTB">Platform Update</a> installed). DirectWrite is <a href="/facts/Hardware-accelerated/ej5sM7hB">hardware-accelerated</a> (using the <a href="/facts/GPU/PTK1RQVp">GPU</a>) when running on top of <a href="/facts/Direct2D/2wyAQnIz">Direct2D</a>, but can also use the CPU to render on any target, including a <a href="/facts/Graphics_Device_Interface/C8yuXxtL">GDI</a> <a href="/facts/Bitmap/Fr80ySnT">bitmap</a>. </p>