Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: CloseFonts() problems
Keywords: Need the memory back
Message-ID: <5566@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 88 21:29:33 GMT
References: <3599@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3599@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes:
>Seemly the CloseFont() call dose not ever release the font from memory.
>After using 20 fonts or so it is easy to lose over 100K of memory to dead
>fonts hanging around.  I'm trying to do real-time effects with Text so
>I really need all the memory I can get.  Dose anyone know what is wrong?

Like libraries and devices, fonts, once loaded hang around until
the system requires more memory than is currently available.
Then all fonts non in use get expunged.
>                                           Wayne Knapp


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