#639 n019003l.pfb error on gm convert -text operation

[Aleksei]

Hi,
I'm trying to place a string on the image, starting with example from man page:
$ gm convert woodpecker.png -draw 'text 100,100 "String01"' temp1.png
gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb) [No such file or directory].

Tried specifying the font (file /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf exists), same error:
$ gm convert -font 'DejaVuSerif.ttf' -draw 'text 100,100 "%m:%f %wx%h"' woodpecker.png temp1.png
gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb) [No such file or directory].

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021, Aleksei wrote:

Hi,
I'm trying to place a string on the image, starting with example from man page:
$ gm convert woodpecker.png -draw 'text 100,100 "String01"' temp1.png
gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb) [No such file or directory].

This could happen if you don't have the URL font package installed.
You did not say what operating system you are using but if you take a
look at http://www.graphicsmagick.org/INSTALL-unix.html and search for
"--with-gs-font-dir" you will see a list of package names which will
deliver the URW fonts on some popular distributions/systems.

The URW fonts are similar to the set of standard fonts provided on
Postscript printers.

Tried specifying the font (file /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf exists), same error:
$ gm convert -font 'DejaVuSerif.ttf' -draw 'text 100,100 "%m:%f %wx%h"' woodpecker.png temp1.png
gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb) [No such file or directory].

I suggest that you use '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf' if that
is what you want.

Bob

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[Bob Friesenhahn]

Guidance was provided.

[Aleksei]

Thanks for your reply Bob.
ArchLinux here, looks like distro build script points --with-gs-font-dir to non-existent directory, thanks for the pointer.

I suggest that you use '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf' if that is what you want.

OK (it worked for me with full path), but gm's man page explicitly mentions only the filename in examples in "-font" section:

-font <name> use this font when annotating the image with text
 You can tag a font to specify whether it is a PostScript, TrueType, or X11 font.  For example, Arial.ttf is a TrueType font, ps:helvetica is PostScript, and x:fixed is X11.

If full path is required perhaps it should be mentioned as such in man page.

[Colin Jacobs]

On ubuntu 24.04, installing the package fonts-urw-base35 doesn't put anything in /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts. So, even with that installed, any call to gm convert -draw 'text' omitting a font or specifying a font name results in gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n019003l.pfb).

Explicitly setting the path to a font file does work.

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Colin Jacobs, it is not useful to post to an old closed issue since no one will notice your comment. I expect that you have run into Debian bug 1019717, which is actually a new issue due to a change in the font packages. I do not yet have Ubuntu 24.04 LTS here, but expect to once an upgrade is offered.

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Please see issue 748 that I opened to address Debian bug 1019717.