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

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 05/20/2009 03:01 AM, PRADEEP BOTU wrote:
> can u explain more on what you told  "This probably means that you have not installed fontconfig properly so it
> cannot find any fonts."

Well, it really just means that :).  If pango can't find any fonts, it returns 
NULL from that function.  I don't know *why* it failed to find any.  But I 
know that pango simply asks fontconfig to give it a font.  So fontconfig 
failed to find any fonts.  That's as much I can tell.  I don't really know how 
fontconfig works on windows.

behdad

> ------- Original Message -------
> Sender : Behdad Esfahbod<behdad behdad org>
> Date   : May 20, 2009 15:55 (GMT+09:00)
> Title  : Re: pango_font_map_load_font returning NULL when trying to create with
>   ft2	fontmap
>
> On 05/20/2009 02:45 AM, PRADEEP BOTU wrote:
> >     Hi behdad
> >
> > can you eloberate this.
>
> Unfortunately I can't.  I have no access to or knowledge about win32.
>
> behdad
>
>
> > how to install fontconfig. is it different for win32 and freetype rendering.
> >
> > I am able to load the font using win32. But i am failing to load using freetype.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Pradeep
> >
> >
> > ------- Original Message -------
> > Sender : Behdad Esfahbod<behdad behdad org>
> > Date   : May 20, 2009 01:39 (GMT+09:00)
> > Title  : Re: pango_font_map_load_font returning NULL when trying to create with
> >    ft2	fontmap
> >
> > 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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