[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 107521] Improve DirectWrite implementation font rendering on Windows

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107521

--- Comment #8 from Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #7)
> At this point having pulled the plug on XP and Vista, should we push forward
> at 6.0 and instead set the minimum supported Windows OS to 7 SP1 with
> "Platform update (MS KB2670838)" [2] applied and supporting use of the "new"
> DWRITE enumeration/syntax and DirectX 11.1? [3].

I'd personally be all for this, just because it's more modern/future-proof, yet
only requires an update in Win7 (the update itself is from 2013, so it's
reasonable to expect systems to have it).

My questions:
- What happens if someone tries to run such an application on a Win7 without
platform update? (I guess this could be tested)
- Is it possible to show an error dialog with meaningful information in that
case? (eg. This application requires MS KB2670838 to run, update your system
and try again.)

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