On 7/21/08, Alan W. Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 2008-07-21 08:47+0200 Martin Sarajervi wrote:
>
> I run the latest release-version on Linux.
>>
>>
>> There are a multitude of configuration options to choose your font files
>>> for
>>> drivers like gcw that use plfreetype.
>>>
>>> I was just going to refer you to
>>>
>>>
>>> http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.9.0/characters.html
>>> for documentation, but it needs updating. For example, I noticed it
>>> refers
>>> to ./configure --help which is a historical artifact that is no longer
>>> valid
>>> for our CMake-based build system. Instead, look at the results in
>>> CMakeCache.txt in your build tree for the relevant information.
>>>
>>> Here is just the start of those results on my system:
>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> grep PL_FREE CMakeCache.txt |head -10
>>> PL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH:PATH=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont
>>> //Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO
>>> PL_FREETYPE_MONO:FILEPATH=FreeMono.ttf
>>> //Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD
>>> PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBold.ttf
>>> //Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_ITALIC
>>> PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_ITALIC:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
>>> //Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_OBLIQUE
>>> PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_OBLIQUE:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
>>> //Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_ITALIC
>>>
>>
>>
>> The thing is, the truetypefonts works fine when I do normal plots (not
>> using
>> the gnome2 canvas).
>> I have the same result from the grep (only with another PATH that I have
>> specified). In that dir I have placed fonts
>> FreeMono*, FreeSans*, FreeSerif*. I did download these manually and place
>> them there, but again, it works fine when plutting without gcw (I get
>> smooth
>> truetype/"freetype" fonts on the labels).
>>
>
> Just to confirm you have set up your fonts correctly, please give the exact
> results of the above command on your system, and also the results of ls on
> the absolute path directory pointed to by PL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH. IOW, do
> not cd to the directory, simply execute
>
> ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont
>
> or whatever your exact PL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH is.
>
> This is the main reason for me suspecting something gcw specific, does gcw
>> expect some different fonts or odoes it have any other compile parameters
>> that I may have missed?
>>
>
> Which device gives you good-looking fonts? The point is some of the
> devices
> use fontconfig (where system fonts are found automatically) and some use
> plfreetype (like gcw where you may have to go to some trouble to access
> your
> fonts). In particular, do you get good-looking results for -dev png (which
> also uses plfreetype)?
>
> I just tried -dev gcw for myself using both examples/c/x01c -dev gcw and
> examples/c/plplotcanvas_animation _in the install_ directory, and the fonts
> looked good.
>
> I frankly cannot remember whether there were any bugs in gcw or plfreetype
> in our latest release that have been fixed in the svn trunk version, but
> that version (which is what I use) is pretty stable at the moment so you
> might want to try that following the directions at
> http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=118417
>
> Also, could you give your Linux distribution name and version and
> libfreetype version? I am grasping at straws here, but it is possible your
> problems may have to do with the particular version of libfreetype that you
> have and nothing to do with PLplot.
Ok, here we go with some debugging information:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /h/masar/plplot-5.9.0/Compilation> grep PL_FREE
CMakeCache.txt
| head -10
PL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH:PATH=/h/masar/sfd
//Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO
PL_FREETYPE_MONO:FILEPATH=FreeMono.ttf
//Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD
PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBold.ttf
//Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_ITALIC
PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_ITALIC:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
//Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_OBLIQUE
PL_FREETYPE_MONO_BOLD_OBLIQUE:FILEPATH=FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
//Font file for PL_FREETYPE_MONO_ITALIC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /h/masar/plplot-5.9.0/Compilation> ls -l /h/masar/sfd
total 3536
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 128384 Oct 8 2003 FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 175016 Oct 8 2003 FreeMonoBold.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 175484 Oct 8 2003 FreeMonoOblique.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 293572 Oct 8 2003 FreeMono.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 95508 Oct 8 2003 FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 91432 Oct 8 2003 FreeSansBold.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 110740 Oct 8 2003 FreeSansOblique.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 264072 Oct 8 2003 FreeSans.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 126456 Oct 8 2003 FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 198992 Oct 8 2003 FreeSerifBold.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 154900 Oct 8 2003 FreeSerifItalic.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 masar masar 621136 Oct 8 2003 FreeSerif.ttf
I now tried the following:
./x01c -dev png
this one outputs just fine, all labels in place with truetypefonts.
./x01c -dev gcw
same problem, GnomePrint-Critical warnings, and no labels are displayed. I
run
all this from the src code dir, that is
/h/masar/plplot-5.9.0/Compilation/examples/c. Once I run an example file
that dosnt have any text I dont get any warnings with -dev gcw either. (for
example x30c)
Your link leads to the svn information for FreeEOS? I suspect you mean I
should try to grab the svn version of plplot?
In my compilation of plplot I have
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/freetype2
and FREETYPE_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config>
/usr/bin/freetype-config --version
9.7.3
Im running on a Redhat Enterprise WS, Release 4. Could it be some kind of
linking problem with my gcw driver on compile? Also I dont have root access
on
this box, so my make install is in /h/masar/plplot-5.9.0/Compilation.
On compile I get one error that im not sure what means, maybe it could be an
issue:
[......]
-- checking for module 'pango'
-- found pango, version 1.6.0
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
-- checking for module 'pangoft2'
-- found pangoft2, version 1.6.0
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
-- Found LTDL: /usr/lib64/libltdl.so;/usr/lib64/libdl.so
-- checking for module 'libgnomeprintui-2.2'
-- found libgnomeprintui-2.2, version 2.8.0
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
--static: unknown option
-- Found GD: /usr/lib64/libgd.so
[......]
/Martin
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