nanogui: pcf fonts
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] pcf fonts
From:
Michael Bogaerts ####@####.####
Date:
6 Mar 2006 08:02:25 +0000
Message-Id: <7.0.0.16.2.20060306085837.02887ec0@turnhout.tokheim.com>
KFontView, from fedora 4.
-=Michael=-
At 20:55 3/03/2006, tj wrote:
>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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