Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Windows & Android (& others?) FontConfig `fonts.conf` parsing

[Shin-ichi T. <dol...@wm...>]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:04:47 -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>I think a good test for you would be to place some new fonts in a folder
>somewhere _outside_ of the places Tux Paint is already explicitly searching
>(which seems to only be those two locations above).
>
>Launch Tux Paint.  It should NOT find the new fonts, since it has no
>reason to be searching the folder where you put them.
>
>Then, add the path of that folder to a "<dir>" section of the "fonts.conf"
>that Tux Paint is loading.  So far -- assuming I did it right -- it should
>be looking in the "etc/fonts/fonts.conf" inside Tux Paint's own folder
>(C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\, I guess?)
>
>Launch Tux Paint again.  It should now find the new fonts... hopefully!
>
>If that works, then we're moving in the right direction.

I tested this like,

 * Downloaded very funny free font and stored it in "C:\FontTest"
 * Confirmed TP does not load it.
 * Added "<dir>C:/FontTest</dir>" to fonts.conf shipped with TP.
 * Confirmed TO load it.

I think it's fine now for Windows.

Thanks.

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Shin-ichi TOYAMA <dol...@wm...>