Your solution does not make any sense. Your pango installation is broken if
pango-querymodules doesn't show anything.
On 10/16/10 00:21, William Mok wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> Pango ignores pangox.aliases, probably pangox.aliases is a legacy thing.
> I tried pango-querymodules, it doesn't work.
>
> --------------
> I figured out a way to solve the problem, it is not too hard.
>
> I figured out why pango cannot find the font.
>
> In pango-context.c, there is a function called pango_context_init.
> The line "pango_font_description_set_family_static (context->font_desc,
> "serif");" sets the font family but it is not setting to something that
> is installed on my
system.
>
> Using the command ' fc-list : family |grep -i serif', I found out that I
> have the following serif families:
>
> DejaVu LGC Serif
> FreeSerif
> Bitstream Vera Serif
> Microsoft Sans Serif
> Liberation Serif
> Luxi Serif
> DejaVu Serif,DejaVu LGC Serif Condensed
>
> ----------
>
> So, I just need to modify the line to point to the exact family name.
> For example, if I want to use FreeSerif which is installed on my system,
> then modify the line:
>
> pango_font_description_set_family_static (context->font_desc, "FreeSerif");
>
> -----------------------
> static void
> pango_context_init (PangoContext *context)
> {
> context->base_dir = PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_LTR;
> context->resolved_gravity = context->base_gravity =
PANGO_GRAVITY_SOUTH;
> context->gravity_hint = PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_NATURAL;
>
> context->set_language = NULL;
> context->language = pango_language_get_default ();
> context->font_map = NULL;
>
> context->font_desc = pango_font_description_new ();
> /* pango_font_description_set_family_static (context->font_desc,
> "serif"); */
> pango_font_description_set_family_static (context->font_desc,
> "FreeSerif");
> pango_font_description_set_style (context->font_desc, PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL);
> pango_font_description_set_variant (context->font_desc,
> PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL);
> pango_font_description_set_weight (context->font_desc,
>
PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
> pango_font_description_set_stretch (context->font_desc,
> PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL);
> pango_font_description_set_size (context->font_desc, 12 * PANGO_SCALE);
> }
> ----------------
>
> Recompile pango and probably any libraries or applications that have
> dependencies on pango and the font loading problem will be resolved.
>
> -------------
>
> --- On *Sat, 10/9/10, Sid Kapoor /<
sidkapoor2000 gmail com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Sid Kapoor <
sidkapoor2000 gmail com>
> Subject: Re: Pango-WARNING failed to choose a font
> To:
"Behdad Esfahbod" <
behdad behdad org>
> Cc: "William Mok" <
wmok6600 yahoo com>,
gtk-i18n-list gnome org> Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 2:05 AM
>
> Hi William,
>
> Did you set the environment properly ?
>
> Try some steps as mentioned below:
>
> 1) export PANGO_RC_FILE=/lib/pango/pangorc
> 2) Give the path of your pango.modules file in pangorc
> 3) Check your
pango.modules file. Is your pango module path properly
> mentioned in the pango.modules file ?
> 4) If not then generate a fresh pango.modules file by running a
> binary pango-querymodules.
> 5) Also check your pangox.aliases file. Is your new font mentioned
> in that file ?
>
> Thanks,
> Siddharth Kapoor
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <
behdad behdad org> </mc/compose?to=
behdad behdad org>> wrote:
>
> Try
strace'ing to see what files pango is trying to access and
> go from there.
> There's not much else I can suggest.
>
> behdad
>
> On 09/21/10 13:53, William Mok wrote:
> > If you know the part of the code that I should investigate,
> then I can
> > see if I can do some debugging.
> >
> > Which file or which functions should I pay attention? Thanks.
> >
> > --- On *Tue, 9/21/10, Behdad Esfahbod /<
behdad behdad org> </mc/compose?to=
behdad behdad org>>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Behdad Esfahbod <
behdad behdad org> </mc/compose?to=
behdad behdad org>>
> > Subject: Re: Pango-WARNING failed to choose a font
> > To: "William Mok" <
wmok6600 yahoo com> </mc/compose?to=
wmok6600 yahoo com>>
> > Cc:
gtk-i18n-list gnome org> </mc/compose?to=
gtk-i18n-list gnome org>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 10:48 AM
> >
> > On 09/21/10 13:45, William Mok wrote:
>
> > Thanks.
> > >
> > > fc-match returns
> > > Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
> > >
> > > Apparently pango does not like this,
> > >
> > > (gtk-demo:3274): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a
> font, expect
> > ugly
>
> > output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin'
> > >
> > > (gtk-demo:3274): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a
> font, expect
> > ugly
> > > output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common'
> > >
> > > **** so, how do I get fc-match to return something else?
> Or what
> > kind of
>
> > font I need to install?
> >
> > Donno. Something wrong with your pango installation.
> >
> > behdad
> >
> >
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