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Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles"

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Subject Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles"
From "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
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Date 2020-07-18 23:52 +0200
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luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> wrote on 18 Jul 2020 in 
comp.lang.javascript:

> Drawing lines is almost certainly faster than setting text in Canvas.
> The glyphs in modern fonts are stored as line- and curve- drawing commands 
> so it invokes the same line drawing machinery either way. Glyphs will
> likely be cached so setting the same character will speed up after the
> first one is rendered. But it's still invoking more logic than just
> drawing the lines directly.

Since they are ment to be seen and interpreted by someone, 
as I presume, the number of cpu-clock-cycles seems unimportant.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 05:48 -0700
  Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 15:48 +0200
    Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 07:30 -0700
      Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 11:43 -0700
        Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 23:52 +0200
          Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 15:32 -0700
            Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 16:49 +0200
              Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 08:57 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 08:59 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 23:17 +0200
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 15:30 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 19:34 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-07-20 10:05 +0200
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 23:07 +0200
      Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 23:49 +0200

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