nanogui: pcf fonts
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] pcf fonts
From:
tj ####@####.####
Date:
3 Mar 2006 19:54:28 +0000
Message-Id: <44089F25.8080200@comcast.net>
Exact same symptoms here. ttf2bdf->bdftopcf for nano-X works ok with a
few, but causes nano-X segfault on most.
What font viewer are you talking about???
tj
Michael Bogaerts wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had the same problem here, but i still don't have a solution for it.
>
> although i'm not sure if its the font tools or the nanox. becuz i
> converted both a courier and a courier bold ttf to bdf and then to pcf
>
> the normal cour worked fine but when using the bold variant the nanox
> segfaults.
>
> what i did see is that when opening the font in a font viewer app the
> size does not match the size supplied while generatintg the font
> maybe that has something to do with it.
>
> -=Michael=-
>
>
>
>
> To: "tj" ####@####.#### ####@####.####
> Subject: Re: [nanogui] Font problems
>
> : But, I have beeen playing around and I try to load a .bdf and get:
> : fnt_createfont: /home/dufus/nano-X-src/testFontSize/luxisb.bdf,1 not
> found
>
> Nano-X can't load .bdf fonts, they need to be converted to
> .fnt or .pcf format.
>
>
> : Also what purpose does the GR_LOGFONT serve? can .pcf fonts be resized,
> etc.
>
> No, .pcf files are fixed bitmap images. GR_LOGFONT allows
> programmatic selection of fonts by requesting attributes, rather
> than knowing a specific font filename.
>
>
> :
> : I have also had a problem with .pcf file created from ttf file
> : segfaulting nano-X.
> :
> : Like, I down load a TTF file and run it through tt2bdf and the
> resultant
> : .bdf through bdftopcf. But then when I load the pcf file, gip'ed or
> not,
> : nano-X segfaults.
>
> I'm not sure why this is yet, perhaps the .pcf font conversions
> aren't working properly. I'm not aware of any .pcf file from
> the X11 distribution that won't work, however. I assume
> also you're running the CVS code, since some .pcf fixes
> were added.
>
> It would be nice to know whether these core dumps occur
> on a desktop intel system, or instead only on your target.
> We had some endian issues previously.
>
>
> :
> : I have discovered on thing though. Trying to under stand the X system's
> : font system is enough to drive anybody back to the MS Windows world.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
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