<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Make fontconfig scanning faster" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64766#c37">Comment # 37</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Make fontconfig scanning faster" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64766">bug 64766</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:freedesktop@behdad.org" title="Behdad Esfahbod <freedesktop@behdad.org>"> Behdad Esfahbod</a> <pre>(In reply to nfxjfg from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=64766#c36">comment #36</a>) > (In reply to Behdad Esfahbod from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=64766#c35">comment #35</a>) > > It wasn't designed to be used on win32 and osx. > > I understand that, but it creates big problems for portable software. > > In fact, it seems serious portable software should invent its own font > abstraction layer, instead of using fontconfig&freetype. It would be nice if > that were not the case. You can always use Pango. > Also, the fontconfig slowness actually does cause problems on Linux too. > libass is slow at using external fonts embedded in subs (which happen > frequently with the kind of files libass is meant to work with), and I bet > there are other use-cases where this can become a problem, such as webfonts. Not going to repeat what I said multiple times before.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>