Fontconfig - Oct 2006 - Installing BDF fonts using fc-cache

Dear experts,
I would like to install some TTF and BDF fonts and use them in my GTK
applications (using DirectFB).

I was successful with installation of TTF fonts. I ran `fc-cache'' on
the
folder containing TTF fonts and the corresponding cache file got created.
But the same procedure failed in the case of BDF fonts:
dheeraj@linux:> ./fc-cache -vf ~/fonts/
./fc-cache: "/home/dheeraj/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs

I get the same result even after converting the font to PCF using
`bdftopcf''. Any inputs are appreciated.

Cheers,
Dheeraj
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Hi,

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:05:02 +0530
"Dheeraj V.S." <dheerajvs@huawei.com>
wrote:
>I was successful with installation of TTF fonts. I ran `fc-cache''
on the
>folder containing TTF fonts and the corresponding cache file got created.
>But the same procedure failed in the case of BDF fonts:
>dheeraj@linux:> ./fc-cache -vf ~/fonts/
>./fc-cache: "/home/dheeraj/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
>
>I get the same result even after converting the font to PCF using
>`bdftopcf''. Any inputs are appreciated.
Please give concrete example font file to reproduce the problem.

Regards,
mpsuzuki

<mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:05:02 +0530
> "Dheeraj V.S." <dheerajvs@huawei.com> wrote:
>> But the same procedure failed in the case of BDF fonts:
>> dheeraj@linux:> ./fc-cache -vf ~/fonts/
>>./fc-cache: "/home/dheeraj/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
>> I get the same result even after converting the font to PCF using
>> `bdftopcf''. Any inputs are appreciated.
I got some inputs for my problem from:
http://moscova.inria.fr/~zappa/software/doc/bdfdriver.txt

In freetype, I had to add the following line to the file
   freetype2/include/freetype/config/ftmodule.h:
        FT_USE_MODULE(bdf_driver_class)

Now fc-cache is able to create the cache files for BDF fonts.
But my GTK application is unable to display any text.
> Please give concrete example font file to reproduce the problem.
I''m using the fonts available at:
http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-08/att-0052/02-font
s.zip


Thanks,
Dheeraj
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Hi,

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:05:15 +0530
"Dheeraj V.S." <dheerajvs@huawei.com>
wrote:
>Now fc-cache is able to create the cache files for BDF fonts.
>But my GTK application is unable to display any text.
I think I should ask this for first. You mean the GTK applications
cannot render any text at all and you see just blank space? If so,
what fonts you''ve installed? Only BDF/PCF fonts?
Or you mean that you see text with unexpected font?

Regards,
mpsuzuki

Hi,
> I think I should ask this for first. You mean the GTK applications
> cannot render any text at all and you see just blank space?
Yes, I see only blank spaces.
> If so,
> what fonts you''ve installed? Only BDF/PCF fonts?
Only those bdf fonts are installed. The ones at: 
http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-08/att-0052/02-font
s.zip

Regards,
Dheeraj
--

Hi,

Sorry for lated response.

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:45:47 +0530
"Dheeraj V.S." <dheerajvs@huawei.com>
wrote:
>> I think I should ask this for first. You mean the GTK applications
>> cannot render any text at all and you see just blank space?
>Yes, I see only blank spaces.
>
>> If so,
>> what fonts you''ve installed? Only BDF/PCF fonts?
>Only those bdf fonts are installed. The ones at: 
>http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-08/att-0052/02-fonts.zip
I tested environment:
	glib-2.12.4
	atk-1.12.3
	pango-1.14.6
	gtk+-2.10.6

and tea-14.2.4 http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea-editor

Although I''m still using legacy fontconfig-2.2.4,
I could display text with BDF-only environment.

See attached fonts.cache-1 of me. fc-list returns following result:
	$ fc-list -v
	Fixed:style=Bold SemiCondensed
	Fixed:style=SemiCondensed
	Fixed:style=Regular

The fontmenu of tea shows attached screenshot. I guess Fixed is
only real entry and Monospace, Sans, Serif might be synthesized
entries which is aliased to Fixed (In fact, Monospace/Sans/Serif
shows same glyph with Fixed). Anyway, as you can see, texts are
shown with installed BDF fonts.

Regards,
mpsuzuki
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mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp [mailto:mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp]
wrote:
> I tested environment:
>	glib-2.12.4
>	atk-1.12.3
>	pango-1.14.6
>	gtk+-2.10.6
> 
> and tea-14.2.4 http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea-editor
> Although I''m still using legacy fontconfig-2.2.4,
> I could display text with BDF-only environment.
Thank you, mpsuzuki. I tried with the attached fonts.cache, but without
success. On a hunch I reinstalled the entire setup (including freetype,
glib, pango and gtk) and now it works!
Sorry for bothering you folks. :(

-Dheeraj