Closed Bug 1696407 Opened 3 years ago Closed 3 years ago

DWrite uses GDI font table loading for performance reasons

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(Core :: Graphics: Text, enhancement, P1)

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RESOLVED FIXED
88 Branch
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firefox88 --- fixed

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(Reporter: bobowen, Assigned: bobowen)

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The use of GDI font loading in our DWrite code was added over tens years ago in bug 602792 for performance reasons.

Hopefully, those performance reasons have been resolved by now, but either way we can't use GDI if win32k lockdown is enabled.

Pushed by bobowencode@gmail.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5355dd829826
Don't use GDI font table loading for DWrite when win32k lockdown is enabled. r=jfkthame
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 88 Branch
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