Fastest API for rendering text in Windows Forms?

Question

We need to optimize the text rendering for a C# Windows Forms application displaying a large number of small strings in an irregular grid. At any time there can be well ove

Answer 1

5000+ text rendering is slow even with GDI, especially if you need scrolling. Create a separate rendering thread and notify the UI thread every 200 ms and bitblt the current results. It gives a smooth user experience.