Re: 26.3, 28; Set Default Font... CMU Typewriter Text

[VanL]

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

> OK, but that has nothing to do with FontBackend. If the default font
> is not to your liking, you can change it easily enough.

>From what I can tell, the Cairo and Harbuzz parts in the Emacs has
something to do with FontBackend.   They are preferred to xft, maybe.

> The delay I think is inevitable when Emacs has to search through lots
> of fonts.

OK, but where are those loops in the source code?   And can the initial
start phase preload the fonts in memory?   The fonts reside at the X
server and client ends.   Why the busy network transfer? 

-- VL
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