[MPlayer-users] Use -ass without fontconfig?

[wm4]

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:23:07 +0200
houghi <houghi at houghi.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 02:32:59PM +0200, wm4 wrote:
> > Maybe fontconfig should still get
> > access to a small collection of common fonts, though.
> 
> And what would those be? What if I have a setup that has none of
> them? Who decides what common fonts are? To me the obvious solution
> would be that it either reads the fonts, or it does not.

The user can copy any font he wants into the fontconfig local folder.

> That way if you have only your standard fonts, then it reads those.
> If you have every font in the universe installed AND it slows down
> mplayer AND it bothers you, you have the option of turning it off.
> If you have a lot of fonts and it does not bother you that it slows
> down, you just leave everything as it is.

Where will it get any font when switching it off, then?