Hi Warren, Many thanks for your suggestion. This was indeed the problem. Lower and mixed-case TTF file names work, but an all-uppercase file name means the font gets ignored!
/Bud On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Warren Vick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Bud, > > > > Check that your TTF font files are in lower case. e.g. ARIALN.TTF for Arial > Narrow should be renamed arialn.ttf. It's odd to see file name case > sensitivity on Windows, but this one caught me out when first using Mapnik. > > > > Regards, > > Warren > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Buddy Mash > *Sent:* 08 September 2010 10:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Mapnik-users] TTF Fonts > > > > The noob is back for his second question of the week. ;-) > > I've been experimenting with alternative fonts to the DejaVu set. After > dumping TTF files in the correct folder (lib/mapnik/fonts), I've noticed > that some fonts get recognised and others not. Stratgely, I even have one > font which works on one PC but not another! Are there any special conditions > or limits for the TTF font support in Mapnik? I'm running on a Windows 7 > platform. > > Cheers, > /Bud >
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