Provide APIs which allow using a font from `&'static [u8]`
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Description
These would be similar to Font::from_bytes but would instead use a static slice so as to avoid having the font data in memory twice.
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Research direction
Start by locating the existing Font::from_bytes API and reviewing how font data is represented and retained. Define the corresponding static-slice entry points, then verify that callers can use &'static [u8] without a second in-memory copy and that the existing behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100