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Adobe AachenStd-Bold.otf 0:05 1:15
Storm Aahoj.otf 0:02 1:09
GNU FreeSerif-Regular.otf 0:24 5:00 (gave up and killed the process)
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10.0 10.1
Adobe AachenStd-Bold.otf 0:05 1:15
Storm Aahoj.otf 0:02 1:09
GNU FreeSerif-Regular.otf 0:24 5:00 (gave up and killed the process)
The accuracy can't be enough improved to warrant the 20 to 30 times increase in load time. It also means that drag and drop to open is pretty unusable, as the Explorer window is unresponsive until FontCreator finishes. And, dragging multiple files is really bad, since FontCreator is unresponsive until all the files are opened, and the progress bar doesn't show correctly, so there's no telling how long the operation will take.Erwin Denissen wrote:It is slower because we improved accuracy while keeping the number of points as low as possible.
Maybe you can find a work-around by following this tip to install 10.1 in a different folder. Run 10.0 when you want to open fonts with CFF Outlines, save the project files, then open those in FontCreator 10.1.nabsltd wrote:Right now, FontCreator is basically unusable for opening OpenType files with PostScript outlines and more than a handful of glyphs.
Now that I've wasted a lot more time waiting out the nearly two-hour load time for some fonts, I've realized a few things.Erwin Denissen wrote:It is slower because we improved accuracy while keeping the number of points as low as possible.
Insane; two hours for opening a single font with around 3K of glyphs! Opening a font should not takes minutes, and certainly not hours. We will release later next week which will solve the slow opening of CFF based fonts.nabsltd wrote:Now that I've wasted a lot more time waiting out the nearly two-hour load time for some fonts, I've realized a few things.Erwin Denissen wrote:It is slower because we improved accuracy while keeping the number of points as low as possible.
Because it is aimed at modifying fonts, and since FontCreator currently only supports quadratic bezier curves, all cubic curves need to be converted.nabsltd wrote:First, why is FontCreator doing anything at all with the outlines on font open?
Confirmed fixed here. My large fonts again open in about 3 seconds if they contain CFF Postscript outlines.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Confirmed here. One of my large fonts takes about 3 seconds to open, but the progress bar is stuck on less than one third when opening the same font with CFF outlines.
Hopefully, Erwin will be able to fix this soon, but he might be busy now with sending out the Newsletter etc.
Definite fix...it's much, much faster than even 10.0 opened the fonts.Erwin Denissen wrote:The update released earlier today solves the issue.
Despite the speed increase, it still would be better to delay the conversion until a glyph is opened for editing. That way, you avoid any losses, and your routine can be as precise as it needs to be (since you only cost time on the first open of the glyph). The huge increase in the size of the font when exported shows that your cubic->quadratic->cubic routines could use some refinement.Erwin Denissen wrote:Because it is aimed at modifying fonts, and since FontCreator currently only supports quadratic bezier curves, all cubic curves need to be converted.