Label: system font vs TTF

@MikhailSh wrote:

What is better to use for Label:

label->setSystemFontName("fontName");

or

label->setTTFConfig(ttfConfig);

If i understood correctly,
in first case:
- cocos2d-x will generate texture that contains the whole text;
- it's not allowed to manipulate individual letters;
- texture will be freed once label is deallocated;

in second case:
- cocos2d-x will generate FNT atlas, where each symbol occurs only once;
- we can manipulate individual letters;
- texture will be cached;

So at first glance looks like using TTF is better:
- it should use less memory;
- due to cache it should work faster. Though it may contain too many vertices for the long text.

What do you think? What other benefits gives each of these approaches?

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