Comment 5 for bug 418726

Hi Pablo, thanks for the suggestions. I am aware of FontMatrix - I actually use it already.
It too has no trouble with starting up quickly and provides me with a visual feedback when
it registers newly installed fonts in the splash screen.

But I don't want to argue with you about the usefulness of having so many fonts installed.

Let me try to rephrase my main points:

 - Inkscape takes an awful long time to start up, when many fonts are installed. Other
   apps cope much better with this. Is there a way to improve the font registration process,
   e.g. by using a caching mechanism?
 - The user does not get any visual feedback about Inkscape starting up until the main
   application window appears. Would it be possible to display a splash screen right
   after the program starts, that indicates that the application is starting up and still busy
   doing some stuff?

Thanks!