nanogui: Thread: problem with japanese fonts

hi,
 I have enabled the japanese font support in the config file and compiled
the microwindows. I changed the fontdemo.c file to take the japanese font
present in the fonts/japanese directory and compiled the microwindows . When
i ran the fontdemo application i am getting the folloowing errors..
fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,3 not found
fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,4 not found
fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,5 not found
fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,6 not found

Please help me ..

>  I have enabled the japanese font support in the config file and compiled

Are you talking about the DBCS support, we don't otherwise
have "japanese" support, per se.


> the microwindows. I changed the fontdemo.c file to take the japanese font
> present in the fonts/japanese directory and compiled the microwindows .
When
> i ran the fontdemo application i am getting the folloowing errors..
> fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,3 not found
> fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,4 not found
> fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,5 not found
> fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,6 not found

The system doesn't work with raw .bdf fonts, they need to
be converted to .fnt or .pcf format first.  Use "convbdf -f"
to convert .bdf fonts to .fnt format.

Regards,

Greg

Hi,
Thanks a lot for ur reply,
Can i use .ttf fonts to display the japanese character.Actually i had a CD
which contains five japanese fonts in .ttf format ,how can i use these
format in fontdemo application... Or do we need to convert these fonts into
some other fonrmat (like .pcf or .fnt).Waiting for ur reply please........

Best Regards,
Ravi Kumar.T



On 7/5/07, Greg Haerr ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> >  I have enabled the japanese font support in the config file and
> compiled
>
> Are you talking about the DBCS support, we don't otherwise
> have "japanese" support, per se.
>
>
> > the microwindows. I changed the fontdemo.c file to take the japanese
> font
> > present in the fonts/japanese directory and compiled the microwindows .
> When
> > i ran the fontdemo application i am getting the folloowing errors..
> > fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,3 not found
> > fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,4 not found
> > fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,5 not found
> > fnt_createfont: fonts/japanese/jiskan16-2000-1.bdf,6 not found
>
> The system doesn't work with raw .bdf fonts, they need to
> be converted to .fnt or .pcf format first.  Use "convbdf -f"
> to convert .bdf fonts to .fnt format.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>

> Can i use .ttf fonts to display the japanese character.Actually i had a CD
> which contains five japanese fonts in .ttf format ,how can i use these
> format in fontdemo application... Or do we need to convert these fonts
into
> some other fonrmat (like .pcf or .fnt).Waiting for ur reply please........

You can use .ttf fonts just like .pcf or .fnt fonts.  Just enable
freetype option in the config file and specify the full path
in the GrCreateFont() call, as in fontdemo.  Of course,
you need a compatible, compiled version of freetype
installed.

Regards,

Greg

Hi,
        Thanks for ur reply.......

           I have microwindows soruce with uClinux distribution.In which i
have a blackfin cross compiler option.So in config file i enabled
1) HAVE_EUCJP_SUPPORT    = y                    (Japanese font support)
2) ARCH                                  = blackfin
(Cross-compiling for blackfin)
3) LINK_APP_INTO_SERVER   = Y                    (I am not using any n/w
things so i am not compiling nan-X and nanowm applications individually)

In fontdemo file i am giving the option
1) in fontdemo application i included "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()
                                                                   (For
displaying Japanese characters)


When I am running ./fontdemo application i am getting the following error
messages

createfont: no font found, returning NULL
createfont: no font found, returning NULL
createfont: no font found, returning NULL


My doubt is for displaying Japanese character on framebuffer which font
support we can use,
whether .pcf or .ttf or .fnt and can we enable one more language support in
config file.....

Pls help me to solve this pblm....

Thaks & Regards,
Ravi Kumar.T



On 7/6/07, Greg Haerr ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> > Can i use .ttf fonts to display the japanese character.Actually i had a
> CD
> > which contains five japanese fonts in .ttf format ,how can i use these
> > format in fontdemo application... Or do we need to convert these fonts
> into
> > some other fonrmat (like .pcf or .fnt).Waiting for ur reply
> please........
>
> You can use .ttf fonts just like .pcf or .fnt fonts.  Just enable
> freetype option in the config file and specify the full path
> in the GrCreateFont() call, as in fontdemo.  Of course,
> you need a compatible, compiled version of freetype
> installed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>

: 1) HAVE_EUCJP_SUPPORT    = y                    (Japanese font support)

Set this to N, this is outdated and for DBCS only, not TTF, which
you're using.

: 1) in fontdemo application i included "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()

Since you're using a .ttf font, you must enable Freetype in the
config file.  HAVE_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=Y  and have
the freetype library compiled and installed.


: My doubt is for displaying Japanese character on framebuffer which font
: support we can use,
: whether .pcf or .ttf or .fnt and can we enable one more language support
in
: config file.....

Its not the language you're configuring, its the font format.  If you're
using .pcf , enable PCF, .ttf enable FREETYPE.

Regards,

Greg

Thanks Greg....

I enabled
1) HAVE_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=Y           in (config file)
2) "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()                    in (fontdemo appln)
then
I have compiled the microwin source for redhat and run
./fontdemoapplication, it is working fine,but when i try to
cross-compile the same for
blackfin i am getting the following error message

Creating library libnano-X.a ...
Compiling demos/nanowm/nanowm.c ...
Compiling demos/nanowm/events.c ...
Compiling demos/nanowm/wlist.c ...
Compiling demos/nanowm/clients.c ...
Compiling demos/nanowm/actions.c ...
Linking nanowm ...
/usr/lib/libttf.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format

I think the library is not matching for that.
Pls help me to solve this..........

Best Regards,
RaviKumar


On 7/10/07, Greg Haerr ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> : 1) HAVE_EUCJP_SUPPORT    = y                    (Japanese font support)
>
> Set this to N, this is outdated and for DBCS only, not TTF, which
> you're using.
>
> : 1) in fontdemo application i included "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()
>
> Since you're using a .ttf font, you must enable Freetype in the
> config file.  HAVE_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=Y  and have
> the freetype library compiled and installed.
>
>
> : My doubt is for displaying Japanese character on framebuffer which font
> : support we can use,
> : whether .pcf or .ttf or .fnt and can we enable one more language support
> in
> : config file.....
>
> Its not the language you're configuring, its the font format.  If you're
> using .pcf , enable PCF, .ttf enable FREETYPE.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>

: /usr/lib/libttf.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format

Its pretty obvious that you're trying to link your target
application with your host's libttf.so.  The freetype library
needs to be cross compiled and a new path specified for it.

Hi ravi,

Your linker wants to link /usr/lib/libttf.so. This is native code from 
your system.
You need the cross compiled lib:

INCFTLIB                = <path to your includes you used for 
crosscompiling freetype>/
LIBFTLIB                = <path to your cross compiled libs>/libttf.so

regards

Robert

ravi kumar wrote:

> Thanks Greg....
>
> I enabled
> 1) HAVE_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=Y           in (config file)
> 2) "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()                    in (fontdemo appln)
> then
> I have compiled the microwin source for redhat and run
> ./fontdemoapplication, it is working fine,but when i try to
> cross-compile the same for
> blackfin i am getting the following error message
>
> Creating library libnano-X.a ...
> Compiling demos/nanowm/nanowm.c ...
> Compiling demos/nanowm/events.c ...
> Compiling demos/nanowm/wlist.c ...
> Compiling demos/nanowm/clients.c ...
> Compiling demos/nanowm/actions.c ...
> Linking nanowm ...
> /usr/lib/libttf.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
>
> I think the library is not matching for that.
> Pls help me to solve this..........
>
> Best Regards,
> RaviKumar
>
>
> On 7/10/07, Greg Haerr ####@####.#### wrote:
>
>>
>> : 1) HAVE_EUCJP_SUPPORT    = y                    (Japanese font 
>> support)
>>
>> Set this to N, this is outdated and for DBCS only, not TTF, which
>> you're using.
>>
>> : 1) in fontdemo application i included "ipam.ttf" in  GrCreateFont()
>>
>> Since you're using a .ttf font, you must enable Freetype in the
>> config file.  HAVE_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=Y  and have
>> the freetype library compiled and installed.
>>
>>
>> : My doubt is for displaying Japanese character on framebuffer which 
>> font
>> : support we can use,
>> : whether .pcf or .ttf or .fnt and can we enable one more language 
>> support
>> in
>> : config file.....
>>
>> Its not the language you're configuring, its the font format.  If you're
>> using .pcf , enable PCF, .ttf enable FREETYPE.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>