Re: pango_font_map_load_font returning NULL when trying to create with ft2 fontmap

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

This probably means that you have not installed fontconfig properly so it 
cannot find any fonts.

behdad

On 05/19/2009 08:05 AM, PRADEEP BOTU wrote:
> Problem: pango_font_map_load_font returning NULL when trying to create with context created uising pango_ft2_get_context/ pango_context_new and fontmap created using pango_ft2_font_map_for_display.
>
>    Code snippet:
>
>     #include<glib.h>
> #include<gmodule.h>
> #include "pango.h"
> #include "pangoft2.h"
>
>     PangoFontMap *fontmap = pango_ft2_font_map_for_display();
>    PangoContext *context;
>
>     context = pango_context_new ();
>
>      pango_context_set_font_map(context, fontmap);
>    /* No arguments given */
>
>      PangoFontDescription *desc = pango_font_description_from_string("Verdana");
>
>     /* spits warnings if font cannot be loaded */
>   PangoFont *font = pango_font_map_load_font (fontmap2, context, desc);
>
>     g_object_unref (font);
>
>
>    Here font is returrning NULL. Normally it should return PangoFont onject. If i use win32 context, i am able to create the font object..
>
>   But if i use win32 fontmap and win32 context, font retuning valid object.
>
>   like: PangoFontMap *fontmap = pango_win32_font_map_for_display();
>
>   context = pango_win32_get_context ();
>
> Help me in this regard..
>
> thanks,
> pradeep Botu
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