LC server and fonts

[jbv]

When using
  load font file "nameofyourfont.ttf"
the result contains
  Handler: can't find handler (file)

It looks like "load" is accepted only in the form "load URL"...

On Mon, March 5, 2018 9:28 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
> Hmm. Not sure what to do about loading a fontfile then.  Out of
> curiosity, what is the error?
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:39 AM, jbv via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>>
>> Yes, I managed to set the textfont of a btn or fld to one of the fonts
>> available in the fontnames, but I still can't figure how to use any other
>> ttf font... load font file "nameofyourfont.ttf" -> returns an error I
>> tried load URL "nameofyourfont.ttf", it works, but then the textfont
>> property isn't updated...
>>
>> On Mon, March 5, 2018 3:59 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>> 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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