Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Font shows only squares in Tux Paint

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 12:32:27AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> I'd like you to upgrade all font-related libraries.

Heheh. :^)  Well, I'm using Debian Testing, so I figured I'd be _relatively_
current.  Let's see what I have:

  libsdl-ttf2.0-0  2.0.6-5    [latest from libsdl.org is 2.0.7-1]
  libfreetype6     2.1.7-2.4  [latest from savannah is 2.1.10]


> There have been some very serious bugs. Problem gone?

When I get the time, I'll try using the absolute latest of these, built
from source (or, if there are apt repositories I can find, from binary),
and see if things work better.


> Running tuxpaint under a debugger might be revealing.
> Doing without the background font scanner should make
> the debug info easier to follow. You could print font
> names (filenames) as they are used.

Yeah, I need to look into that, too.  My time for actual Tux Paint
development and testing has come to a standstill lately.  Every time I _do_
get around to it, I'm way too tired, and decide I should probably get to bed
so I can get up for work the next day. :^)

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