more notes about font issues and performance

benfry · benfry · commit 1c8b05666d6f · 2019-01-18T15:59:15.000-08:00
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java b/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
@@ -894,15 +894,19 @@ static public String[] list() {
 
 
   /**
-   * Make an internal list of all installed fonts. This can take a while with
-   * a lot of fonts installed, but running it on a separate thread may not
-   * help much. As of the commit that's adding this note, loadFonts() will
-   * only be called by PFont.list() and when loading a font by name, both of
-   * which are occasions when we'd need to block until this was finished
-   * anyway. It's also possible that running getAllFonts() on a non-EDT thread
-   * could cause graphics system issues. Further, the first fonts are usually
-   * loaded at the beginning of a sketch, meaning that sketch startup time
-   * will still be affected, even with threading (and blocking) in place.
+   * Make an internal list of all installed fonts.
+   *
+   * This can take a while with a lot of fonts installed, but running it on
+   * a separate thread may not help much. As of the commit that's adding this
+   * note, loadFonts() will only be called by PFont.list() and when loading a
+   * font by name, both of which are occasions when we'd need to block until
+   * this was finished anyway. It's also possible that running getAllFonts()
+   * on a non-EDT thread could cause graphics system issues. Further, the first
+   * fonts are usually loaded at the beginning of a sketch, meaning that sketch
+   * startup time will still be affected, even with threading in place.
+   *
+   * Where we're getting killed on font performance is due to this bug:
+   * https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179209
    */
   static public void loadFonts() {
     if (fonts == null) {
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ X update to Java 8u202
 X "Sketch disappeared" infinite pop up dialogs
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/pull/4808
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/4805
+X text("test", 10, 10); is still slow with lots of fonts
+X   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179209
+X   added a note to the Known Issues section in the Changes wiki
+_ update the about screen to 2019
 
 fixed earlier
 X Could not initialize class com.sun.jna.Native on startup (Windows)
