nanogui: nano-X, freetype and font caches?
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] nano-X, freetype and font caches?
From:
Steven Scholz ####@####.####
Date:
9 Dec 2005 18:22:10 +0000
Message-Id: <4399CB2A.4030505@imc-berlin.de>
Greg,
> : Now my quetsion is if we could use some kind of cache mechanism in nano-X.
> I
> : thought freetype knows about font chaching...
>
> Nano-X doesn't cache any fonts (except of course converted
> .bdf fonts linked internally) directly. There have been a couple
> cases of extra code added to cache freetype fonts for speed.
> I have an older version for freetype 1.x. Gabrielle contributed
> all sorts of changes for freetype 2.x with his win32 changes,
> including font caching, which are included in CVS. However,
> I had to disable the cache code, since some applications
> segfaulted when enabled. There hasn't been time to debug
> this contributed code.
Any news on freetype 2 improvements? Caching? Speedup?
--
Steven
