`juce7` technical preview branch

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Yes. We’ve been following this thread:

Direct2D

Hi everyone- I’ve been looking into using Direct2D for our next JUCE application. I’ve been able to use a HWNDComponent and render Direct2D within that child window, so that’s one approach. However, I’d prefer to use the standard JUCE graphics API, so I thought I’d take a deeper look at the state of Direct2DLowLevelGraphicsContext and try and get a handle on what’s missing. The JUCE Direct2D renderer works well and performs well for the most part. The text rendering looks really nice. However…

At the moment text rendering is slower using that D2D renderer implementation, which drags down any broader speed improvements. We will reassess the situation when we have improved our unicode and emoji support, as that might change the balance.