[Qt-qml] FontLoader memory consumption

[Cornelius Hald]

Hi Aaron,

thanks for the reply. The bug is filed here:
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-14629

Cheers,
Conny

On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 10:23 +0000, aaron.kennedy at nokia.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It is possible that this is happening.  Can you please file a bug?
> 
> In the mean time, it is possible to work around this just by putting your FontLoader in the root of your qml project instead of one in each PrimaryText element.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Aaron
> 
> On 22/10/2010, at 7:44 PM, ext Cornelius Hald wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I want to include custom fonts within my QML application. Currently I'm
> > doing it like this:
> > 
> > # PrimaryText.qml
> > Text {
> >    FontLoader { id: myfont; source: "../fonts/myfont.ttf"}
> >    font.family: myfont.name
> >    font.pixelSize: 26
> > }
> > 
> > Everywhere I need this font, I'm using 'PrimaryText' instead of 'Text'.
> > 
> > The problem with this approach seems to be that the font is loaded into
> > memory for each use of the 'PrimaryText' component.
> > 
> > Is this my design? Is there a better way to solve this use-case?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Conny
> > 
> > 
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