Flat/Smooth colors in windows 8.x and windows 10

[einstein1969]

Hi to all,

I'm going to develop a raytracing demo in dos batch but I have a problem with Flat colors.

In windows 7 and xp it is possible with few trick achieve this visual result.



Ie can be used in "batch dos" over sixteen FLAT colors!

This is the code for produce this image.

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@echo off
setlocal

chcp437
mode 80,50
echo Use Lucida console font 5
echo Disable ClearType
echo Enable "Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts"

pushd %tmp%
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=#" %%a in ('"prompt #$H#$E# & echo on & for %%b in (1) do rem"') do set "DEL=%%a"
<nul set /p ".=%DEL%%DEL%%DEL%%DEL%%DEL%%DEL%" > "'"
:: manual rainbow
call :color 04 "°±²Û" 4C "°±²Û" CE "°±²Û" EA "°±²Û" A2 "°±²Û" 21 "°±²Û" 15 "°±²Û" 50 "°±²Û"
echo(
popd 

pause
exit/b

:color
    (echo %~2\..\'
    ) > $$$.color.txt && findstr /a:%~1 /f:$$$.color.txt "."
    Shift
    Shift
    If ""=="%~1" Goto :Eof
   goto :color

exit/b

The tricks for achieve FLAT colors are:
- Disable CLEAR TYPE
- Enable "Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts" in System -> Advanced system Option -> Advanced -> Perfomance Configuration
- Choose LucidaConsole fonts setting to 5.

Then I came in possession of a PC with 8.1 and I could not get the flat colors. Now I no longer available of windows 8.1

Can someone help me to see if you can get FLAT colors with windows 8.1 and 10?

einstein1969

[npocmaka_]

How clear type can be disabled.

Windows 10 had problems with true type fonts (like LucidaConsole) in the console and the last time I've tried it extended ascii character were displayed with boxes.

[einstein1969]

To disable cleartype I have found this guide.

[npocmaka_]

Works fine on windows 8.
You are using 178-179 ascii chars to emulate color nuances?

[einstein1969]

Yes, I use the "shadow" chars. 176-177-178 that found in most fonts and codepage at the same numbers.
I have not investigate enough on this.
Can you post an image of the result on windows 8?
Have you used other trick than these I used?