As far as I know this is (or was?) normal for the very first startup on Windows. Does it still happen? (Do you have lots of fonts installed? Which Inkscape version are you using?) heh... guess i'm a little too quick on the draw. ['draw' -- get it? :lol: :roll: ] anyway, that was a good call. i used...

hi there, i've only just started using inkscape, i have a question about performance. when i start it up, it takes literally a couple of minutes for it to display -- no exaggeration. i'm not starting it by double-clicking on an associated file, i'm just clicking the menu shortcut. this happens w/bot...