Re: [Plplot-general] Another way to change the plotting font

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From: Alan W. Irwin
Sent: 19 October 2017 09:40
To: p.d...@gm...
Cc: Frédéric; plp...@li...
Subject: RE: [Plplot-general] Another way to change the plotting font

On 2017-10-19 08:33+0100 p.d...@gm... wrote:

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> From: Alan W. Irwin
> Sent: 19 October 2017 03:01
> To: Frédéric
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>> what do you mean by "set up fontconf"? isn't fontconfig just for
>> POSIX?
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> No.  For example, the Windows version of GTK+ depends on fontconfig.
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> We have had this discussion before. It is practically impossible for a mere mortal to build the gtk stack on Windows. I have tried and failed more than once. Gimp uses it, so it must be possible, but I have no idea how. Maybe using mingw?

For your information, there is at least two well-known native Windows
binary downloads for fontconfig, and also a variant
of fontconfig that works on Windows with the aid of the cygwin dll.

That's interesting to know. So if fontconfig were available on a Windows system can it be set up so that when a font is created on wxWidgets with a particular style but blank typeface it will select a specific font? I would have suspected wxWidgets would be using the windows native font system?

If someone writes software using plplot and distributes it, do they need he user to install fontconfig too?

Can the setup be performed on an application basis or is it global?

I still think there is a good case for having the option to specify the typeface somehow. Either because someone wants a consistent look between plots and text, or because multiple people are creating plots on different systems that need to be consistent.