re: How can I determine if gnome_canvas_item_new() worked with a specified font?

[Antony Stace <antony claire co jp>]

Thanks for the reply Wolfgang.  If it happens that NULL is returned then
I need to find another font to use right.  I thought I would be able to
find a default font that always exists and use this default font when
NULL is returned, I haven't been able to find one yet, so what I want to
know is: 

How do I find the name of a font that is always there so I can always
display some text, even if it may not be in a crash hot font.  I have
tried

tem = gnome_canvas_item_new(rootGroup,
                      gnome_canvas_text_get_type(),
                      "text", "Test",
                      "x", (double) (30 ),
                      "y", (double) (85 ),
                      "fill_color", "black",
                      NULL);

hoping that it would use a default font, but alias it displays nothing. 
It remains a mystery to me why this  function does not use a default
font when it is called with the attribute "text" since the user surely
wants to display some text.  Or am I calling this function incorrectly?


Once again, any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Tony


Cheers

Tony
 


Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote:
> 
> La plume légère, à Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 03:07:11PM +0900, heure d'inpiration,
> Antony Stace écrivait en ces mots:
> >
> > I need to know if a certain font exists on a computer.  I need to write
> > some text to a gnome canvas but want to check if the font exists before
> > I do it, if it doesnt then I want to use the default font on the
> > computer.  At present I have something like
> 
> What you can do is use gdk_font_load. If the font is found, a pointer to a
> GdkFont struct will be returned, else NULL will be returned.
> 
> W
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