SKLabelNode delays app start

Question

at the moment I\'m coding a little app with SpriteKit, which works perfectly fine, but the only problem is an SKLabelNode, which I initialize with the following normal piece

Answer 1

Actually, you don't need to preload the font for an SKLabelNode. The delay is caused by the fact that you're using the wrong font name. There's no "Futura" font on iOS - what you probably mean is "Futura-Medium". Replace "Futura" with "Futura-Medium", and you should see the load time drastically fall.

(You can still preload your fonts, but it's not necessary; lazy loading is pretty fast provided you use a correct font name.)