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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Truetype font loading problem

I am trying to load in a truetype font, which is the "lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf" that is in the build. This font is located in "/usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf" on the target system.

This is from adding the FreeType 2 fonts in the build with make menuconfig.

I have created a simple application to put "hello world" on the screen using this font. the code has the line:

font = grcreatefont("/usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf",3,null);

Compile seems to be fine, but when I run this application on the target system, the following error occurs:

fnt_createfont: /usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf,3 not found

Does anyone know how I can get this routine to find the font?

Thanks,

Scott

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    At the risk of asking a silly question, have you ensured that the TTF file is in your rootfs?

    Cheers,

    - slacker
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    16 years ago

    Yes, the file is in the file system. It's located in the directory "/usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf"

    Do you know if I have to set any special permissions for the font file? Any other suggestions of things to look at would be greatly appreciated.

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    16 years ago

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (schaney @ Sep 4 2009, 07:31 AM) <{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=23746)</div>

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    Yes, the file is in the file system. It&#39;s located in the directory "/usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf"

    Do you know if I have to set any special permissions for the font file? Any other suggestions of things to look at would be greatly appreciated.[/b]

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    I had the same problem and I think the solution was to clean the microwin (make clean user/microwin or something like this). I think it worked for me. In my case the system continued giving me the same error (i think hippo said tha it was a code error) but the font was correctly loaded. Sorry for not to be more precise in my answer. I hope it will help you!

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    16 years ago

    You may skip this warning. I will try to remove it when I got some time. The font is actually created. In case the font file is really missing, the message will be

    Nano-X-Freetype2: Can&#39;t load font from file "/usr/fonts/truetype/lt1-r-omega-serif.ttf" - 1

    - Hippo