Blurred rendering on Windows 10

Windows
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Hi,

I’ve always used JUCE on macOS, and I’ve never had a single issue in the GUI rendering. Now, for the first time I’m using JUCE on Windows 10. I coded a very basic audio application (a label and a button) and I noticed immediately that the app was blurred, especially the text. So I have moved back and I’ve tried compiling one of the examples of the JUCE library, without touching anything in the code. The results have been the same: blurred text and low res. The difference between that app built with JUCE and other apps like browser and code editor, was clearly visible.

The setup is:

  • Windows 10 1909
  • Full-hd monitor with Windows scaling set to 100% (but it does the same with 125% scaling)
  • latest version of JUCE 6.0.4
  • visual studio 2019

Both Visual Studio and JUCE have been fresh installed today. As an example I attach two screenshot of the same app, the fonts demo, on Windows and macOS. These screenshots have been made on the same external full-hd monitor. The macOS version is indeed sharper and way less blurred. Just look for example at the “L” of “Lorem”, the difference is clear.

What am I doing wrong? How can I have the same sharpness I see in macOS and other Windows apps also in the JUCE ones?

Thank you!

windows
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Here is the second screenshot:

mac
mac1920×1080 265 KB

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target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC JUCE_WIN_PER_MONITOR_DPI_AWARE=1)

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4

Yes, I have tried with both 1 and 0 for that option, nothing changes. The screenshots have been made with the default option, so 1.