Load fonts faster on Windows than on Mac OSX
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- Rust
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Description
The reason probably is DirectWrite providing more performant API which in some case don't need to read file I suppose?
When it comes to Mac OSX, we just directly read from the font path.
Is there any similar API in CoreText?
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Research direction
Start by reading the referenced dwrote-rs font_file.rs implementation and comparing it with font-kit’s Mac OSX path that directly reads the font file. Investigate whether CoreText exposes a comparable loading API and determine how it could improve the Mac path. Done means the approach is documented or implemented with evidence of faster loading on Mac OSX.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100