Re: [gtk-i18n-list] `.pcf' font not accessible from pango

[pottendo <pottendo utanet at>]

hi again,

mpsuzuki hiroshima-u ac jp writes:
[...]
> The test I do is following:
> 
> Step 1. Change the font name in font.cache-1 to unique name
> 
>         The name given by fc-cache is usually same with
>         other fonts (because fontconfig does not use the font
>         name as unique key to lookup a font file), so I change
>         the name manually to unique name, aslike:
> 
> 	Original (generated by fc-cache)
> 	"10x20.pcf.gz" 0 "Fixed:style=Regular:..."
>    
> 	Modified
> 	"10x20.pcf.gz" 0 "PCFFixed:style=Regular:..."
> 
> Step 2. Check output of fc-list
> 
> 	$ fc-list | fgrep PCFFixed
> 	PCFFixed:style=Regular
> 
> 	So, I can expect as libfontconfig returns the path of
> 	bitmap font file.

I tried your steps:
  bash> cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/k14.pcf.gz .
  bash> ls -la
  total 224
  drwxr-xr-x   2 jason users   4096 Jan 11 21:25 .
  drwxrwxrwt  17 root  root    4096 Jan 11 21:25 ..
  -rw-r--r--   1 jason users 210587 Jan 11 21:25 k14.pcf.gz
  bash> fc-cache .
  bash> ls -la
  total 224
  drwxr-xr-x   2 jason users   4096 Jan 11 21:25 .
  drwxrwxrwt  17 root  root    4096 Jan 11 21:25 ..
  -rw-r--r--   1 jason users      0 Jan 11 21:25 fonts.cache-1
  -rw-r--r--   1 jason users 210587 Jan 11 21:25 k14.pcf.gz
  bash> fc-list |grep k14

As you `fonts.cache-1' is empty.
It does work however for some other .pcf.gz fonts:

  bash> cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/clR6x12.pcf.gz .
  bash> fc-cache .
  bash> ls -la
  total 40
  drwxr-xr-x   2 jason users  4096 Jan 11 21:45 .
  drwxrwxrwt  17 root  root   4096 Jan 11 21:45 ..
  -rw-r--r--   1 jason users 21547 Jan 11 21:45 clR6x12.pcf.gz
  -rw-r--r--   1 jason users   986 Jan 11 21:45 fonts.cache-1
  

> 
> Step 3. Check gtk2
> 
> 	I use font selector widget in testgtk included in gtk2
> 	(gtk+-2.x.y/tests/testgtk). By the test, in my case
> 	(gtk+-2.4.14), ASCII PCF/BDF fonts are usable, at least.
> 	But Japanese PCF/BDF fonts (k14.pcf) does not work well...

The font in the example above ("clR6x12.pcf.gz" 0
"CleanHACKED:style=Regular: ...) can be chosen from the file selector
and seems to be really the xfont (compared with xfontsel visually).

> 
> 
> Note detail of your gtk2 environment and send me your font.

bash> rpm -q pango 
pango-1.8.1-2
bash> rpm -q -i pango gtk2 glib2 fontconfig
Name        : pango                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.8.1                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 2                             Build Date: Fri 04 Mar 2005 10:38:15 PM CET
Install Date: Mon 11 Jul 2005 04:25:18 PM CEST      Build Host: porky.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: pango-1.8.1-2.src.rpm
Size        : 674674                           License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 08:52:26 PM CEST, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.pango.org
Summary     : System for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
Description :
Pango is a system for layout and rendering of internationalized text.

Name        : gtk2                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.6.7                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 4                             Build Date: Tue 10 May 2005 03:57:21 PM CEST
Install Date: Mon 11 Jul 2005 04:25:21 PM CEST      Build Host: decompose.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: gtk2-2.6.7-4.src.rpm
Size        : 13759873                         License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 08:52:33 PM CEST, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.gtk.org
Summary     : The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X.
Description :
The gtk+ package contains the GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for
creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System. GTK+ was
originally written for the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) image
processing program, but is now used by several other programs as well.

Name        : glib2                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.6.4                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1                             Build Date: Wed 06 Apr 2005 06:13:42 PM CEST
Install Date: Mon 11 Jul 2005 04:22:38 PM CEST      Build Host: decompose.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: glib2-2.6.4-1.src.rpm
Size        : 1958459                          License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 08:52:18 PM CEST, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.gtk.org
Summary     : A library of useful utility functions.
Description :
GLib is a handy library of utility functions. This C library is
designed to solve some portability problems and provide other useful
functionality which most programs require.

Name        : fontconfig                   Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.2.3                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 13                            Build Date: Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:54:19 PM CEST
Install Date: Mon 11 Jul 2005 04:24:18 PM CEST      Build Host: decompose.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: fontconfig-2.2.3-13.src.rpm
Size        : 263323                           License: MIT
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 07:37:13 PM CEST, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://fontconfig.org
Summary     : Font configuration and customization library
Description :
Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the
system and select them according to requirements specified by
applications.


I send the font separately to you without copy to the list.

Many thanks,
martin