font is installed but not listed in Rev

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Tue Nov 13 17:43:47 EST 2007


I just entered this (at least the MacOS X part) as bug #5533:
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5533

Phil Davis


Peter Alcibiades wrote:
> This happens in my two installations of Debian - both on Etch and on Lenny.  
> It does not happen on a couple of Mandrivas, where all fonts installed are 
> accessible.  It still happens on the 2.9 beta.  Its the only application I'm 
> aware of that doesn't see all installed fonts on Debian.
>
> Very glad to find someone has the same problem on a different OS, as it may 
> help get to the bottom of it.  What fonts are available to you?  On Debian, 
> the 2.9 beta, the ones available (using fontNames in message box) are:
>
> courier 10
> bitstream charter
> terminal
> charter
> lucidatypewriter
> lucidabright
> lucida
> times
> new century schoolbook
> helvetica
> courier
> clean
> fixed
>
> I think this is one or two more than were available in 2.8 - can check if 
> anyone is curious.  Is this the same or different for you?
>
> The other thing is that not all fonts are available in all sizes, and if you 
> try to invoke the wrong size it reverts to 10pt.  Is this a problem for you 
> also? 
>
> For instance, for clean, if you pick 48pt, I get what looks like 10.
>
> Peter



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