[PD] Pd-0.84.3-extended-RC7 with pidip on ubuntu Breezy: pdp_text : severe error : could not load default font : no rendering !!!

Yves Degoyon ydegoyon at free.fr
Sat Jan 21 22:02:52 CET 2006


John Harrison wrote:

> Seems to me the binary included with Steiner's latest release causes 
> the pidip error in the subject line.
>
> I'm figuring the fonts are there but located in a different directory 
> on ubuntu Breezy than they were on Steiner's machine when he compiled. 
> So perhaps the right symbolic link would fix the problem. If I knew 
> where Steiner's distro kept its TTF fonts, I could give this a shot.
>
> Short of that, I'd probably have to rebuild from the sources, which 
> I'd like to avoid if there is an easier fix.
>
> I'm pretty much a newbie with externals and I'm no Linux expert, so if 
> I'm way off on the diagnosis, apologies.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -John
>
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errr, the 'make install' from PiDiP does install a font in
        cp fonts/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF

which must be a true type font.

but, anyway, why people want to use PiDiP it it's a copy of effectv
( the worst insinuation ) and not even free?

byebye,
sevy






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