[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 38701] [chromium] don't call fontconfig twice in complex text path

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38701





--- Comment #21 from Evan Martin <evan at chromium.org>  2010-08-03 18:19:31 PST ---
I worry the correct fix to font loading in general is more complicated.

I think what we should do is put more of the control into WebKit:
- Call to fontconfig once in getFontDataForCharacters to resolve a font request all the way to a specific filename and font settings.  Never call fontconfig a second time for this font.  That may mean extending what FontDescription includes.
- createFontPlatformData could then just open that font file and give the opened font to Skia.


I added the SkTypeface::CreateFromName call recently (in the last six months) and I think it was maybe the wrong design.  I think Skia doesn't have enough information to be able to open the correct font on Linux if we only give it a font name.

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