i have something. rendering

src/text/directwrite.c

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 #define WINBOOL int
 #endif
 
-#include "dwrite_c.h"
-#include "dwrite_3_c.h"
+/* dwrite is vendored because it's only mingw that gives us COBJMACRO */
+#include "dwrite.h"
+#include "dwrite_3.h"
 
 static struct dw {
     HMODULE d2d1_lib;
@@ -195,11 +196,34 @@ fail:
 }
 
 static int dw_MwDrawText(MwWidget handle, MwFLFont ttf, MwPoint* point, const char* text, MwLLColor color) {
-    return 0;
+    IDWriteBitmapRenderTarget *target;
+   	RECT rc;
+    HDC memoryHDC;
+    DWRITE_GLYPH_RUN glyphRun;
+   	DWRITE_FONT_METRICS metrics;
+    LONG width, height;
+	IDWriteFontFace_GetMetrics(ttf->font_face, &metrics);
+
+	GetClientRect(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hWnd, &rc);
+	MapWindowPoints(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hWnd, GetParent(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hWnd), (LPPOINT)&rc, 2);
+
+	width = rc.right - rc.left;
+	height = MwTextHeight(handle, ttf,  text);
+	IDWriteGdiInterop_CreateBitmapRenderTarget(ttf->gdiInterop, handle->lowlevel->gdi.hDC, width, height, &target);
+
+	memoryHDC = IDWriteBitmapRenderTarget_GetMemoryDC(target);
+
+	BitBlt(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hDC, point->x , point->y, width, height, memoryHDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY |  NOMIRRORBITMAP);
+
+	IDWriteBitmapRenderTarget_Release(target);
+
+	/*SelectObject(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hDC, &ttf->logfont);
+	TextOut(handle->lowlevel->gdi.hDC, point->x, point->y, text, ttf->px);*/
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int dw_MwTextWidth(MwFLFont ttf, const char* text) {
-	int	  tw = 15;
+	int	  tw = 1;
 
 	return tw + 1;
 }

src/text/dwrite_3.h

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ interface IDWriteBitmapRenderTarget3;
 
 /* Headers for imported files */
 
-#include <dwrite_2.h>
+#include "dwrite_2.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {