Re: set term png font bug?

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

Hello

--- Jie Wu  wrote:

> Hi Tatsuro,
> 
> The solution makes that warning disappear, setting terminal to png spands a
> bit of time of CPU at first launch. Thank you.:)

OK. I am glad my reply being help for you.

In addition, set the GDFONTPATH environmental variable. please see 'help gd'.

I set it to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.

> PS: do you have time to write down main steps of your building gnuplot under
> MinGW and send it to me? I want to learn the building skills.

Instruction is now under construction. It will upload it to my web if it is finished.
However I have been occupied by university work, I cannot say when it will be finished at present.

Regards

Tatsuro

> Regards
> Jie
> 
> 2009/11/10 Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tma...@ya...>
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > I have find a solution.
> > I googled and found
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2007-October/002685.html
> >
> > and I looked into libfontconfig-1.dll and found a string 'FONTCONFIG_PATH'
> >
> > cmd prompt> set
> >
> > FONTCONFIG_PATH=D:\usr\Tatsu\mingwhome\gnuplotcvs\test\gp45-winbin\gnuplot\bin\etc\fonts
> > cmd prompt> gnuplot
> >
> > *******************
> > Terminal type set to 'windows'
> > gnuplot> set term png
> > Terminal type set to 'png'
> > Options are 'nocrop font arial 12 size 640,480 '
> > ******************
> > Error message:
> >
> > fontconfig: Couldn't retrieve font file name. when opening font "arial",
> > using internal non-scalable
> > font
> >
> > is disappeared.
> >
> > BTW
> > It is useful set the environmental variable 'FONTCONFIG_PATH' at the
> > Control Panel.
> >
> > Please google by keyword ' environmental variable windows XP' to set it on
> > the Control Panel.
> >
> > Anyway thanks to your report.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tatsuro
> > --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA  wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Jie Wu
> > >
> > > cc. gnu...@li... (cc. to there as a reference)
> > >
> > > Thank you for your report.
> > > This might be an error around fontconfig file and its path.
> > > I do not have enough time to fully fix it.
> > >
> > > However, please try temporary treatment in the following
> > >
> > >
> > > ***********************
> > > Please use
> > >
> > > http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/gnuplot/Eng/winbin
> > > Please download
> > > gp45-winbin_2009_1106.zip
> > >
> > > Please copy all files and folders in gp45-winbin\gnuplot\bin to
> > "C:\Program Files\Gnuplot4.5"
> > >
> > > and execute gnuplot.exe, wgnuplot.exe wgnuplot_pipes.exe there.
> > >
> > > "C:\Program Files\Gnuplot4.5" is the install folder at building of
> > gnuplot.
> > > ***********
> > > Hope the above helps.
> > >
> > >
> > > Perhaps etc/fonts/font.conf should be placed on "C:\Program
> > Files\Gnuplot4.5" and
> > > gnuplot binaries should be placed there.
> > >
> > > Perhaps there are other solutions but I cannot find at present.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Tatsuro
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Jie Wu  wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello Dr. Tatsuro MATSUOKA,
> > > >
> > > > I am using MinGW version of gnuplot built by you. I installed the file
> > > > unzipped from the package
> > > > gp45-winbin.zip<
> > http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/gnuplot/Eng/winbin/gp45-winbin.zip>.
> > > > Fonts setting works well while terminal set to windows. when i set it
> > to
> > > > png, wgnuplot returns warning message below:
> > > >
> > > > gnuplot> set term png
> > > > Terminal type set to 'png'
> > > > fontconfig: Couldn't retrieve font file name. when opening font
> > "arial",
> > > > using i
> > > > nternal non-scalable font
> > > > Options are 'nocrop medium size 640,480 '
> > > >
> > > > fontpath is:
> > > > gnuplot> show fontpath
> > > >
> > > >         fontpath is
> > > >         system fontpath is "C:\WINDOWS\fonts"
> > > >
> > > > I tried to set user-wide environment variable 'GDFONTPATH' to
> > > > 'C:\windows\fonts', but that didn't work also.
> > > >
> > > > Windows XP SP3 is running on my box. What configurations did i miss or
> > how
> > > > can i solve the problem? Any help will be appreciated, and many thanks
> > for
> > > > your contributions about gnuplot!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > sincerely
> > > > a gnuplot user
> > > >
> > >
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