void GetDefaultFonts(FontList& defaultFonts);
/**
+ * @brief Initializes and caches default font from the system.
+ */
+ void InitDefaultFontDescription();
+
+ /**
* @brief Retrieve the active default font from the system.
*
* @param[out] fontDescription font structure describing the default font.
*/
DALI_ADAPTOR_API FontClient FontClientPreInitialize();
+/**
+ * @brief This is used to pre-cache FontConfig in order to improve the runtime performance of the application.
+ *
+ * @param[in] fallbackFamilyList A list of fallback font families to be pre-cached.
+ * @param[in] extraFamilyList A list of additional font families to be pre-cached.
+ * @param[in] localeFamily A locale font family to be pre-cached.
+ * @param[in] useThread True if the font client should create thread and perform pre-caching, false otherwise.
+ */
+DALI_ADAPTOR_API void FontClientPreCache(const FontFamilyList& fallbackFamilyList, const FontFamilyList& extraFamilyList, const FontFamily& localeFamily, bool useThread);
+
+/**
+ * @brief This is used to pre-load FreeType font face in order to improve the runtime performance of the application.
+ *
+ * @param[in] fontPathList A list of font paths to be pre-loaded.
+ * @param[in] memoryFontPathList A list of memory font paths to be pre-loaded.
+ * @param[in] useThread True if the font client should create thread and perform font pre-loading, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * @note
+ * The fonts in the fontPathList perform FT_New_Face during pre-loading,
+ * which can provide some performace benefits.
+ *
+ * The fonts in the memoryFontPathList read the font file and cache the buffer in memory during pre-load.
+ * This enables the use of FT_New_Memory_Face during runtime and provides a performance boost.
+ * It requires memory equivalent to the size of each font file.
+ */
+DALI_ADAPTOR_API void FontClientFontPreLoad(const FontPathList& fontPathList, const FontPathList& memoryFontPathList, bool useThread);
+
} // namespace TextAbstraction
} // namespace Dali