obs takes ages to load with many fonts installed
Author: WangleLineCreated Sep 28, 2026Updated Sep 28, 2026
Operating System Info
Windows 11
Other OS
No response
OBS Studio Version
Other
OBS Studio Version (Other)
32.2.1
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/IPO4YXpvJJ3VeRlI
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
It should not take ages to boot because of font quantitiy
Current Behavior
It takes ages to boot because of font quantitiy (I assume)
Steps to Reproduce
- have many fonts installed (~6600 on my device)
- launch OBS, notice it takes like a minute to boot
- close OBS
- launch OBS with windows:fontengine=gdi enabled and notice it takes like 10 seconds
Anything else we should know?
I've had trouble with qt 6 in the past, as far as I know it enumerates every installed font on first window build and I'm making the assumption obs is doing the same since it uses qt
Source: obsproject/obs-studio