Go into Preferences - Folders - Fonts and delete all folders listed there. GIMP has a couple user font folders listed there by default, for some reason on Windows those folders make the font loading part really slow, like 15-30 seconds even on SSD. Now GIMP loads in a few seconds on SSD. Hope this helps.
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This step can take a long time. And due to the way file timestamps are handled, it can e.g. Happen on daylight saving time switches.In order to check what exactly is happening there, you should use a file access monitor like Process Monitor -.This can tell you if GIMP is reading font file to build the font cache, and will also provide you with some sort of progress information, because the font files will be mostly accessed in alphabetical order (or reverse).The unresponsive window is a symptom of that, just ignore it. Fontconfig reads all the font files to create the font cache. Traditionally, many changes to Free Software happen because a user affected by an issue or lacking a feature tackles the task.
So far, this hasn't happened here - probably because it mostly affects the Windows platforms,where the developer-to-user ratio seems to be very low. The issue is reported, and someone from the user base stepping up to investigate the underlying technical reasons would be a very well received change.–Apr 5 '16 at 10:49.
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