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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
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Subject: Re: Font loading time.
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Date: 24 May 91 01:00:29 GMT
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In article <ocD3xea00Uh_440ksp@andrew.cmu.edu> jp57+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jefferson Provost) writes:
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>Has anyone out there found a way to get around the time that is taken up
>when QuickDraw asks the Font Manager to give the font info needed to
>draw text on the screen?  
>[...]

How about SetFontLock?  When you start up, draw a sample of each font you
need and call SetFontLock after each one.  Just a quick, simple idea.
Sounds easier than using FMSwapFont.

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