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Question about Custom Fonts used in datafields

mcinner1

Nowadays, custom fonts are not stored in data fields themselves, but in the graphics pool. If I have loaded, say, three different data fields that use the same custom font, is it stored three times in the graphics pool, or does the system recognize that there are three identical fonts with the same name and only store it once?

  • mcinner1 said:
    f I have loaded, say, three different data fields that use the same custom font, is it stored three times in the graphics pool, or does the system recognize that there are three identical fonts with the same name and only store it once?

    If I had to guess, I would say it's stored 3 times in the graphics pool.

    I don't think it's practical for devices to determine at runtime whether 2 CIQ data fields use identical resources or not.

    Could be wrong, but that's my educated guess.

  • I's kind of a big task to insure two fonts are identical; at runtime.  You got the name, the base font, the height, the characters included, and them down to any pixel editing that might have been done. And then you have the case it might even be different devs,

  • in reply to jim_m_58

    Thank you both for your answers. You're probably right. Unfortunately, it's not possible to see the degree of utilization of the graphics pool.

    (I often use custom fonts and repeatedly get ERA messages on using them).