How to cache or preload SKLabelNode font?
We had this issue, and it turned out that we were simply not using the “correct” font name. In our case, we were using “Menlo” instead of “Menlo-Regular” when instantiating our SKLabelNode, and it was incurring the several-second penalty. Once we used the correct font name, the delay no longer happened. (Curiously, the SKLabelNode still … Read more