LC server and fonts

[Mike Bonner]

With on-rev, I put up this script..

<?lc
create button "mybtn"

repeat for each line tLIne in the fontnames -- will make 1 png per font

set the label of btn "mybtn" to tLine
set the textfont of button "mybtn" to tLine
set the width of button "mybtn" to the formattedwidth of button "mybtn" + 5

export snapshot from button "mybtn" to file (tLine & ".png") as PNG

put the textfont of button "mybtn" && "<img src=" & quote & tline & ".png"
& quote & "><br>" & cr
end repeat
?>

And it works fine, with the exception of fonts with a - in the name.  All
of them are Hershey fonts, so not sure if its the font family that is
broken, or the dashes causing the issue.

If you have a ttf font file to use, you can probably put it on your server
next to your script and:
load font file "nameofyourfont.ttf"
and then set the textfont to "nameofyourfont" and it will likely work.

To see my script in action, check here:  http://guidezone.info/fonttest.lc

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Warren Samples via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 03/02/2018 04:14 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> Hello list
>> How can I load ttf font files with LC server, at least version 7.1
>> available on my on-rev account ?
>> Neither "revFontLoad" nor "start using font file" seem to work...
>> And the list of available fonts returned by "the fontNames" is quite
>> limited...
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> jbv
>>
>>
>>
> Does on-rev run on Linux? If you create a directory called '.fonts' under
> your user name and install the fonts you want to use in your images in that
> directory, LiveCode will find them.
>
> A quick test shows this to be true using LC Server 8.1.4, but you may have
> to do some experimenting to get them working in a script accessed through
> your web server. Executing a script to show the fontnames works from the
> command line but without having done any real investigating, I have to
> admit it's not working when accessed through my server. This isn't an
> on-rev nor an Apache server so ymmv. If you decide to go the standalone
> route, you should be able to install your fonts this way to use them in the
> standalone.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Warren
>
>
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