How to render Zalgo text in C#

Question

GDI+'s DrawString can't seem to render Unicode superscripts and/or subscripts. It shows them as squares and doesn't stack.

Drawn using DrawString

drawn by GDI

private void Form1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
    String text = "ă̡͈̘̠͕̺̯̖̤̺͇̫̗͓̗̤̩̜̩̯̝ͥͪ̍ͯͥ͒ͫ͛ͮ̿ͥ͛́́̈͒ͯ͊̇̿ͪ̓́̋ͨ̌͗̀̾̃ͧ̋͗ͣͦ̑̈̆̚҉̶̸̶̶̷̷̶̸̨̧̧̨̛̛̕͘͘̕͘͜͟͜͜͡͞͠͠͠͏̴̷̴̡̢̀͟͝͠s̸̢̨̥͚̲̝̝̗̤͇͓̫̝͍̥͓̳͕̰̰̙͖̅̾ͨ͗̈́͌̽̋̇ͦ̃͌͌͌̎̃̒̂̆̌ͤ͗̌͂̿̃̋̈́ͦ͂͋͂̽ͪͣ͂ͩ̓̈͆̀͢͜͟͡͠͠͝҉̶̶̧̨̡̧̧̛́́́́̀͘͘̕͢͜͢͢͠͞͠҉́̕͢͝d̵̴̡̡̢̛͙̞̭̲̺̖̯̳̙̞͇͓̖͙̩̩̗̝̮̉̿ͦ͒̓̑̉ͫ̇͒̓̎ͨ̎ͪ̂ͨͨ̿͛͊͛͛͂͐ͭ̄͑̔̄̋̆ͪ̀ͫ͌̉̍́̚̚͘͘͘͟͢͢͞͠͠ͅ҉̴̷̶̶̸̧̢̧̡̢̧̨̛̕͘͘͘͘͘͢͟͡҉f̸̶̵̤̮͚͔̟̮̗̺͖͉̪͔̫͎͓̱̟̰̹̩̈̊ͮͦͯ̅̊ͨ́͊̔ͪ̐ͤ͌̑͋̈́̐͆ͦ̿͌̐̓͐̌͂̅ͩ̄͊͐ͨ̄̄̈́̆̚̚͜͏͏̵̸̧̧̛̛͞͡͡͏̡͘͟͠͏̸̶͏͟͡͞͏̸̡͝͏͠͞͏̴͡͏̢͝";
    e.Graphics.DrawString(text, new Font("Arial Unicode MS", 12), Brushes.Black, 30, 30);
}

Drawn using TextRenderer

Drawn by TextRendere.DrawText

TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, text, new Font("Arial Unicode MS", 12), new Point(30, 30), Color.Black);

Drawn by firefox

enter image description here

How did FireFox manage to draw this properly?

The data I'm using - http://pastebin.com/p5Cp3qUM

Did you try other fonts?

Mooing Duck
– Mooing Duck

2013-05-21 22:03:19 +00:00
Commented May 21, 2013 at 22:03 — Mooing Duck
– Mooing Duck, Commented May 21, 2013 at 22:03

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 02:52:22Z

3

Try calling TextRenderer.DrawText instead.

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 2:52

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2 Comments

dpington Over a year ago

Times New Roman and Tahoma both show as squares for anything that isnt ascii. I'm on Windows XP.

dpington Over a year ago

It was a font problem. Using "Segoe UI" with font render works.

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