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Expand Up @@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ System fonts

Loading system fonts is only supported on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

However, loading system fonts on Android is unreliable as there is no
official API for doing so. Godot has to rely on parsing system configuration
files, which can be modified by third-party Android vendors. This may result
in non-functional system font loading.

System fonts are a different type of resource compared to imported fonts. They
are never actually imported into the project, but are loaded at run-time. This
has 2 benefits:
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