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Fonts under Ubuntu

Terry Raymond

Hi

 

When I list the font names in VW running under Ubuntu I get a much smaller

list than when I do the linux command  fc-list. Why is that? How do I get

the rest of the fonts into VW?  This is VW 7.9.

 

Thanks.

 

Terry

 

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Re: Fonts under Ubuntu

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The VM only supports older style fonts. If you want the better fonts you’ll need to use XFT. I recommend you load up the Xft package in public store for this by Holger Kleinsorgen (Apologies if I misspelt your name).

Cheers,
Michael

On 15 Jul 2014, at 6:19 am, Terry Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi
 
When I list the font names in VW running under Ubuntu I get a much smaller
list than when I do the linux command  fc-list. Why is that? How do I get
the rest of the fonts into VW?  This is VW 7.9.
 
Thanks.
 
Terry
 
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Re: Fonts under Ubuntu

Terry Raymond

Michael

 

Thanks this is much better. However, I found out that the usage of the ‘family’ ivar of

FontDescription has been changed so it may also be an Array. This breaks other

code that assumes it is a String.

 

Terry

 

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From: Michael Lucas-Smith [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:29 PM
To: Terry Raymond
Cc: VW NC
Subject: Re: [vwnc] Fonts under Ubuntu

 

The VM only supports older style fonts. If you want the better fonts you’ll need to use XFT. I recommend you load up the Xft package in public store for this by Holger Kleinsorgen (Apologies if I misspelt your name).

 

Cheers,

Michael

 

On 15 Jul 2014, at 6:19 am, Terry Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:



Hi

 

When I list the font names in VW running under Ubuntu I get a much smaller

list than when I do the linux command  fc-list. Why is that? How do I get

the rest of the fonts into VW?  This is VW 7.9.

 

Thanks.

 

Terry

 

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Looks like it is VW that confuses ‘family’. It seems that Xft just exposed the problem.

 

I would recommend that FontDescription familyName be changed to return

something like    family first , ‘ …’    if the family is an array and the users that

assume family is a string be changed to use familyName.  The UIPainter font

tool is one of these users.

 

Terry

 

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From: Terry Raymond [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:20 AM
To: 'Michael Lucas-Smith'
Cc: 'VW NC'
Subject: RE: [vwnc] Fonts under Ubuntu

 

Michael

 

Thanks this is much better. However, I found out that the usage of the ‘family’ ivar of

FontDescription has been changed so it may also be an Array. This breaks other

code that assumes it is a String.

 

Terry

 

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Crafted Smalltalk

80 Lazywood Ln.

Tiverton, RI  02878

(401) 624-4517      [hidden email]

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From: Michael Lucas-Smith [[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:29 PM
To: Terry Raymond
Cc: VW NC
Subject: Re: [vwnc] Fonts under Ubuntu

 

The VM only supports older style fonts. If you want the better fonts you’ll need to use XFT. I recommend you load up the Xft package in public store for this by Holger Kleinsorgen (Apologies if I misspelt your name).

 

Cheers,

Michael

 

On 15 Jul 2014, at 6:19 am, Terry Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:

 

Hi

 

When I list the font names in VW running under Ubuntu I get a much smaller

list than when I do the linux command  fc-list. Why is that? How do I get

the rest of the fonts into VW?  This is VW 7.9.

 

Thanks.

 

Terry

 

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Re: Fonts under Ubuntu

Holger Kleinsorgen
AFAIK VW expects an array of family names when using a FontDescription to describe expected fonts, an a single familiy name when using FontDescription to describe a matched font.
It might be that Xft mixes the two usages, especially because it uses its own FontPatternDescription. I'll have a look at this issue.

Terry Raymond wrote
Looks like it is VW that confuses 'family'. It seems that Xft just exposed
the problem.
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Holger Kleinsorgen
Fixed in version (7.7).74 of package Xft.
Requires a restart when upgrading from an older version.
This version includes Michael's fix for 8.0, which is compatible with 7.7.

Holger Kleinsorgen wrote
AFAIK VW expects an array of family names when using a FontDescription to describe expected fonts, an a single familiy name when using FontDescription to describe a matched font.
It might be that Xft mixes the two usages, especially because it uses its own FontPatternDescription. I'll have a look at this issue.

Terry Raymond wrote
Looks like it is VW that confuses 'family'. It seems that Xft just exposed
the problem.
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