[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 64766] Make fontconfig scanning faster

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64766

--- Comment #37 from Behdad Esfahbod <freedesktop at behdad.org> ---
(In reply to nfxjfg from comment #36)
> (In reply to Behdad Esfahbod from comment #35)
> > 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.

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