Re: Load a font from a specific path

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Kerr, Robert wrote:
> Behdad,
> Thanks for the information--I'll start looking into the fontconfig stuff then.
> 
> Any thoughts on the enhancement request #347237, which would solve my issues very handily?

No.


> -bob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behdad Esfahbod [mailto:behdad esfahbod gmail com] On Behalf Of Behdad Esfahbod
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:10 PM
> To: Kerr, Robert
> Cc: gtk-i18n-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Load a font from a specific path
> 
> Robert Kerr wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I was browsing the archives of the mailing list, and found an email that
>> asked the same question I'm interested in:
>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-i18n-list/2008-June/msg00015.html
>>
>> It's entitled: Load a font from a specific file path
>>
>> Anyway, the gist of it is that I want to be able to specify that a given
>> application, which uses pango for its fonting capabilities, have the
>> capability to use a font file that is distributed with the application.
>> This is important in our testing mechanism, because some of our tests
>> are based on graphics output, and if we allow the system to pick the
>> "closest" font, then the graphics won't necessarily be identical.
>>
>> Anyway, after reading through the discussion about the above-listed
>> question, it seems that there isn't an easy way to do this yet.  Is that
>> correct?
>>
>> And if so, is there a slightly-less-easy way of doing it?
> 
> Other than what was pointed out to you, you can use FcConfigAppFontAddFont()
> before calling into Pango.  Needless to say, that only works with the
> fontconfig backend of pango.
> 
> behdad
> 
> 
>> Thanks
>>
> 
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