When drawString is used for the first time, performance suffers for a moment. This can lead to a visible lag in games, e.g. if drawString is used first for when a specific event happens.
It is unclear whether the lag stems primarily from the loading of a specific font (e.g. due to the creation of the metrics) or from using fonts for the first time in general (due to class loading or such). In the second case, a simple fix would be to use the respective classes when creating the GUI. Otherwise, we may want to allow preloading of fonts (and maybe also of images).
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drawStringis used for the first time, performance suffers for a moment. This can lead to a visible lag in games, e.g. ifdrawStringis used first for when a specific event happens.It is unclear whether the lag stems primarily from the loading of a specific font (e.g. due to the creation of the metrics) or from using fonts for the first time in general (due to class loading or such). In the second case, a simple fix would be to use the respective classes when creating the GUI. Otherwise, we may want to allow preloading of fonts (and maybe also of images).