Re: speed of fontconfig

2018-03-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> For LilyPond 2.21, we should upgrade fontconfig, in my humble >> opinion. But, for LilyPond 2.20, I'm wondering whether we should >> upgrade or not. >> >> If I understand correctly, the new fontconfig has significant >> changes. > > I created

Re: speed of fontconfig

2018-03-08 Thread James Lowe
Hello, On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:51:47 +0900 (JST), Masamichi Hosoda wrote: > [... replacing] 2.12.6 [... with] 2.12.93 indeed provides ~100x > improvement and builds the cache on my system in 600ms. > >>> > > > >>> This was a report of using fontconfig on

my annual (?) thank you

2018-03-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Dear Lilypond Development Team and Mailing List Members, A few days ago, I delivered yet another Lilypond-engraved score to the commissioner. He has 300+ new scores submitted to him every year (he’s well-known in the new chamber music scene), and conducts dozens and dozens of concerts (of both