Donn wrote:
Python 2.6
PIL Version: 1.1.6-3ubuntu1
libfreetype6 Version: 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.1
Hello,
I have a feeling I've asked this in the distant past, but it's recently
emerged as a bug in my app so can anyone point me in the right direction?
In Fonty Python, when I draw the family name of a font some* are mojibaked (is
that a word?) in the form: ????s??? etc. The string is drawn to a DC with
wxPython, but is fetched from the font via ImageFont, like so:
f=ImageFont.truetype("FGTshgyo.TTF",1,encoding="utf-8")
print f.font.family
'?????s????'
Are you sure that your terminal (Command Prompt/bash/IDLE/etc) supports
utf-8 and that it is properly set up to display utf-8?
Try:
print repr(f.font.family)
So, the string is plain (not unicode) and wrong from the get-go.
*"some" being those fonts that contain family names not in western encodings.
The sample font that demonstrates the problem and was sent to me to test is
called: BGPENKB.TTF another is FGTshgyo.TTF
These are substantial files and I can't attach them to a list. if you need them
for testing I can send them to another email address, or upload them
somewhere.
I have been oft helped in the past on matters unicode, but this does not mean
I have grokked. (Alas my formative years were all spend in the fantasy of 8bit
ascii :) )
I hope there's some simple encoding="voodoo" that might fix this. The problem
is, I guess, knowing *what* that voodoo is for arbitrary fonts (which can come
from any source).
If all else fails, you can simply compare the byte string representation
of the font family name. The coincidence that two different fonts that
have different name in different encoding to have the same byte-string
name is extremely unlikely.
Any assistance would not go amiss.
\d
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