LC server and fonts

[jbv]

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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