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

[Albert C. <al...@us...>]

On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 20:14 -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> Does anyone have any clues about the following?
> 
> [11:38] <yvesC> I am trying to install a ttf font file for tuxpaint (linux).
> [11:39] <yvesC> http://alecole.vienneinfo.org/magazine/telech2.htm ec.ttf
> [11:39] <yvesC> http://alecole.vienneinfo.org/magazine/telechar/ec.ttf
> [11:39] <yvesC> but tuxpaint shows me only squares instead of characters
> [11:39] <yvesC> any hints ?

Lots of strange fonts will only give you squares. Maybe the font
uses a symbol encoding, similar to a Dingbats or Webdings font.

> In Tux Paint 0.9.14, I also get squares.  In Tux Paint from CVS, I don't
> actually see the font.  (Note, I have to run with "--nosysfonts" because
> some font somewhere is causing Tux Paint to crash.  I do have another TTF
> in my "~/.tuxpaint/fonts/" directory, and it works fine.)

It's time to get to the bottom of this, don't you think?

I'd like you to upgrade all font-related libraries.
There have been some very serious bugs. Problem gone?

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.