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nicholash68515175
nicholash68515175
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August 18, 2023
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AERender Fonts Loading Issue? - Maximum Fonts on Render Machine?

  • August 18, 2023
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Hi,

 

We use `aerender` to render on our render machines. Since projects use different fonts, we attempted to install all open source fonts from Google on our machine (~1500 fonts)

After doing this, we've noticed significant slowdown in rendering and project set up time.

Does `aerender` load all fonts into memory or something prior to rendering? Any thoughts on why this may be happening? 

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    Mylenium
    Mylenium
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    August 18, 2023

    Using the commnadline probably doesn't use the Windows font Cache and the engine needs to check the validity of the fonts over and over again. Anyway, 1500 fonts is insane even under best conditions. Your designers must be wasting dtons of time scrolling through infinite font lists. Get a font management app to disale/ enable them as needed.

     

    Mylenium

      nicholash68515175
      nicholash68515175Author
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      August 18, 2023

      Hey Mylenium!

      Thanks for the update. I'm quickly learning that you're an expert in the field!

      Any suggestions for a Font Manager that could be invoked programmatically? Ie. this project needs `x` fonts, install them prior to rendering?

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