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Re: Couldn't load font "Sans 10"

From: Larry Evans <jcampbell3 prodigy net>
To: dia-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Couldn't load font "Sans 10"
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:35:05 -0500

dia-list-request@gnome.org wrote:
> Today's Topics:
>    5. Re: Couldn't load font "Sans 10" (Lars Clausen)
> 
> Message: 5
> To: dia-list@gnome.org
> From: Lars Clausen <lrclause@cs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Couldn't load font "Sans 10"
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:54:58 -0500
> Reply-To: dia-list@gnome.org
> 
> On 9 Aug 2003, Larry Evans wrote:

[snip]

>>How do I avoid this error?
> 
> 
> Sounds like a font-config setup problem to me.  How's your
> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf look (or the equivalent for Mandrake, if it was

This file was faily large, so I've attached it.

> installed from there)?  The line you put in .pango.aliases wouldn't help
> much, try using xfontsel or gtkfontsel to get a font that works.
> 

 From gtkfontsel, I selected a fontname.  This file is also attached. 
However, I still got:

---------- cut here --------------
[evansl@localhost evansl]$ dia

** (dia:3213): WARNING **: Couldn't load font "Sans 10" falling back to 
"Sans 10"

** (dia:3213): WARNING **: Couldn't load font "Sans 10" falling back to 
"Sans 10"

** (dia:3213): WARNING **: All font failbacks failed!!!!
---------- cut here --------------

Thanks for the help :)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>

<!--
	DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
	IT WILL BE REPLACED WHEN FONTCONFIG IS UPDATED.
	LOCAL CHANGES BELONG IN 'local.conf'.

	The intent of this standard configuration file is to be adequate for
	most environments.  If you have a reasonably normal environment and
	have found problems with this configuration, they are probably
	things that others will also want fixed.  Please submit any
	problems to the fontconfig bugzilla system located at fontconfig.org

	Note that the normal 'make install' procedure for fontconfig is to
	replace any existing fonts.conf file with the new version.  Place
	any local customizations in local.conf which this file references.

	Keith Packard
-->

<!-- Font directory list configured on Wed Jul 30 16:30:42 CDT 2003 -->

	<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF</dir> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</dir>
	<dir>~/.fonts</dir>

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'mono' alias, replacing it with 'monospace'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>mono</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>monospace</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Accept alternate 'sans serif' spelling, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>sans serif</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'sans' alias, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>sans</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Mark common families with their generics so we'll get
  something reasonable
-->

<!--
  Serif faces
 -->
	<alias>
		<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
		<family>Times</family>
		<family>Times New Roman</family>
		<family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
		<family>Luxi Serif</family>
		<family>Kochi Mincho</family>
		<family>AR PL SungtiL GB</family>
		<family>AR PL Mingti2L Big5</family>
		<family>Baekmuk Batang</family>			
		<default><family>serif</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  Sans-serif faces
 -->
	<alias>
		<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
		<family>Helvetica</family>
		<family>Arial</family>
		<family>Verdana</family>
		<family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
		<family>Luxi Sans</family>
		<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
		<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
		<family>AR PL KaitiM Big5</family>
		<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
		<family>SimSun</family>
		<default><family>sans-serif</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  Monospace faces
 -->
 	<alias>
		<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
		<family>Courier</family>
		<family>Courier New</family>
		<family>Andale Mono</family>
		<family>Luxi Mono</family>
		<family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
		<family>NSimSun</family>
		<default><family>monospace</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  If the font still has no generic name, add sans-serif
 -->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</test>
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>serif</string>
		</test>
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>monospace</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="append_last">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>
	
<!--
  Some Asian fonts misadvertise themselves as monospaced when
  in fact they are dual-spaced (half and full).  This makes
  FreeType very confused as it forces all widths to match.
  Undo this magic by disabling the width forcing code -->
	<match target="font">
		<test name="family"><string>GulimChe</string></test>
		<edit name="globaladvance"><bool>false</bool></edit>
	</match>
	
	<match target="font">
		<test name="family"><string>DotumChe</string></test>
		<edit name="globaladvance"><bool>false</bool></edit>
	</match>

	<match target="font">
		<test name="family"><string>BatangChe</string></test>
		<edit name="globaladvance"><bool>false</bool></edit>
	</match>

	<match target="font">
		<test name="family"><string>GungsuhChe</string></test>
		<edit name="globaladvance"><bool>false</bool></edit>
	</match>

<!-- 
	The Bitstream Vera fonts have GASP entries suggesting that hinting be
	disabled below 8 ppem, but FreeType ignores those, preferring to use
	the data found in the instructed hints.  The initial Vera release
	didn't include the right instructions in the 'prep' table. Fix this
	by disabling hinting manually at smaller sizes (< 8ppem)
 -->
	
	<match target="font">
		<test name="family">
			<string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
		</test>
		<test name="pixelsize" compare="less">
			<double>7.5</double>
		</test>
		<edit name="hinting">
			<bool>false</bool>
		</edit>
	</match>
	
	<match target="font">
		<test name="family">
			<string>Bitstream Vera Serif</string>
		</test>
		<test name="pixelsize" compare="less">
			<double>7.5</double>
		</test>
		<edit name="hinting">
			<bool>false</bool>
		</edit>
	</match>
	
	<match target="font">
		<test name="family">
			<string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
		</test>
		<test name="pixelsize" compare="less">
			<double>7.5</double>
		</test>
		<edit name="hinting">
			<bool>false</bool>
		</edit>
	</match>
	
<!--
  Load per-user customization file
-->
	<include ignore_missing="yes">~/.fonts.conf</include>

<!--
  Load local system customization file
-->
	<include ignore_missing="yes">local.conf</include>

<!--
  Alias well known font names to available TrueType fonts
-->
	<alias>
		<family>Times</family>
		<accept><family>Times New Roman</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Helvetica</family>
		<accept><family>Verdana</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Arial</family>
		<accept><family>Verdana</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Courier</family>
		<accept><family>Courier New</family></accept>
	</alias>

<!--
 Check user preference to avoid bitmap fonts and replace
 bitmap face names with equivalent scalable fonts
 -->

	<match target="pattern">
	        <test name="prefer_outline">
	                <bool>true</bool>
	        </test>
	        <test name="family">
	                <string>Helvetica</string>
	        </test>
	        <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
	                <string>Arial</string>
	        </edit>
	</match>

	<match target="pattern">
	        <test name="prefer_outline">
	                <bool>true</bool>
	        </test>
	        <test name="family">
	                <string>Times</string>
	        </test>
	        <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
	                <string>Times New Roman</string>
	        </edit>
	</match>
<!--
  Provide required aliases for standard names
-->
	<alias>
		<family>serif</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
			<family>Times New Roman</family>
			<family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
			<family>Luxi Serif</family>
			<family>Times</family>
			<family>Kochi Mincho</family>
			<family>AR PL SungtiL GB</family>
			<family>AR PL Mingti2L Big5</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Batang</family>			
		</prefer>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>sans-serif</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
			<family>Verdana</family>
			<family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
			<family>Luxi Sans</family>
			<family>Arial</family>
			<family>Helvetica</family>
			<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM Big5</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
			<family>SimSun</family>
		</prefer>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>monospace</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
			<family>Andale Mono</family>
			<family>Courier New</family>
			<family>Luxi Mono</family>
			<family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
			<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
		</prefer>
	</alias>

<!-- 
 Artificial oblique for fonts without an italic or oblique version
 -->
 
	<match target="font">
		<!-- check to see if the font is roman -->
		<test name="slant">
			<const>roman</const>
		</test>
		<!-- check to see if the pattern requested non-roman -->
		<test target="pattern" name="slant" compare="not_eq">
			<const>roman</const>
		</test>
		<!-- multiply the matrix to slant the font -->
		<edit name="matrix" mode="assign">
			<times>
				<name>matrix</name>
				<matrix><double>1</double><double>0.2</double>
					<double>0</double><double>1</double>
				</matrix>
			</times>
		</edit>
		<!-- pretend the font is oblique now -->
		<edit name="slant" mode="assign">
			<const>oblique</const>
		</edit>
	</match>

	<config>
<!--
  These are the default Unicode chars that are expected to be blank
  in fonts.  All other blank chars are assumed to be broken and
  won't appear in the resulting charsets
 -->
		<blank>
			<int>0x0020</int>	<!-- SPACE -->
			<int>0x00a0</int>	<!-- NO-BREAK SPACE -->
			<int>0x00ad</int>	<!-- SOFT HYPHEN -->
			<int>0x115f</int>	<!-- HANGUL CHOSEONG FILLER -->
			<int>0x1160</int>	<!-- HANGUL JUNGSEONG FILLER -->
			<int>0x1680</int>	<!-- OGHAM SPACE MARK -->
			<int>0x2000</int>	<!-- EN QUAD -->
			<int>0x2001</int>	<!-- EM QUAD -->
			<int>0x2002</int>	<!-- EN SPACE -->
			<int>0x2003</int>	<!-- EM SPACE -->
			<int>0x2004</int>	<!-- THREE-PER-EM SPACE -->
			<int>0x2005</int>	<!-- FOUR-PER-EM SPACE -->
			<int>0x2006</int>	<!-- SIX-PER-EM SPACE -->
			<int>0x2007</int>	<!-- FIGURE SPACE -->
			<int>0x2008</int>	<!-- PUNCTUATION SPACE -->
			<int>0x2009</int>	<!-- THIN SPACE -->
			<int>0x200a</int>	<!-- HAIR SPACE -->
			<int>0x200b</int>	<!-- ZERO WIDTH SPACE -->
			<int>0x200c</int>	<!-- ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER -->
			<int>0x200d</int>	<!-- ZERO WIDTH JOINER -->
			<int>0x200e</int>	<!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK -->
			<int>0x200f</int>	<!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK -->
			<int>0x2028</int>	<!-- LINE SEPARATOR -->
			<int>0x2029</int>	<!-- PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR -->
			<int>0x202a</int>	<!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING -->
			<int>0x202b</int>	<!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING -->
			<int>0x202c</int>	<!-- POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING -->
			<int>0x202d</int>	<!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE -->
			<int>0x202e</int>	<!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE -->
			<int>0x202f</int>	<!-- NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE -->
			<int>0x205f</int>	<!-- MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE -->
			<int>0x2060</int>	<!-- WORD JOINER -->
			<int>0x2061</int>	<!-- FUNCTION APPLICATION -->
			<int>0x2062</int>	<!-- INVISIBLE TIMES -->
			<int>0x2063</int>	<!-- INVISIBLE SEPARATOR -->
			<int>0x206A</int>	<!-- INHIBIT SYMMETRIC SWAPPING -->
			<int>0x206B</int>	<!-- ACTIVATE SYMMETRIC SWAPPING -->
			<int>0x206C</int>	<!-- INHIBIT ARABIC FORM SHAPING -->
			<int>0x206D</int>	<!-- ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING -->
			<int>0x206E</int>	<!-- NATIONAL DIGIT SHAPES -->
			<int>0x206F</int>	<!-- NOMINAL DIGIT SHAPES -->
			<int>0x3000</int>	<!-- IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE -->
			<int>0x3164</int>	<!-- HANGUL FILLER -->
			<int>0xfeff</int>	<!-- ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE -->
			<int>0xffa0</int>	<!-- HALFWIDTH HANGUL FILLER -->
			<int>0xfff9</int>	<!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION ANCHOR -->
			<int>0xfffa</int>	<!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION SEPARATOR -->
			<int>0xfffb</int>	<!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION TERMINATOR -->
		</blank>
<!--
  Rescan configuration every 30 seconds when FcFontSetList is called
 -->
		<rescan>
			<int>30</int>
		</rescan>
	</config>

</fontconfig>

mypango=sans-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-p-79-iso8859-1

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