[gradsusr] Font issue

[Thomas Davies]

I'm on Windows so I am limited to OpenGrADS, do you know if the latest
version (i think 2.0.2.oga2) avoids this issue? Right now I have 2.1.a2.oga1

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu> wrote:

> Well, that is probably related to a bug that was fixed in version 2.1.a3,
> the one related to ‘unnecessary re-initialization of font files’. Try it
> with COLA’s build of the latest version and see if that fixes it.
> --Jennifer
>
> On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Thomas Davies <tsd.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have just tried using the full path, however when plotting a grid full
> of values it stops using the font halfway up? e.g.
>
> <fonterror.png>
>
> And in the command line
>
> *Error: Unable to open font file
> "C:\opengrads2\Contents\Cygwin\Versions\2.1.a2.oga.1\i686\Vera.ttf"*
> * Will use a default "sans-serif" font instead*
> *Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file*
>
> This means it doesn't output the image via gxprint
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> The ‘unable to open file’ message means exactly that: it can’t find
>> “Vera.ttf”. Try using a full path in front of the filename. The Fontconfig
>> error is message is harmless, but it comes from the library not GrADS so I
>> can’t suppress it.
>> —Jennifer
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Thomas Davies <tsd.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an annoying problem when I try defining a new font. I can draw
>> strings without issue, however if I were to display a grid full of values
>> with that font it would display this error message:
>>
>> *Error: Unable to open font file "Vera.ttf"*
>> * Will use a default "sans-serif" font instead*
>> *Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file*
>>
>> I have tried numerous other fonts and the same problem occurs. I have
>> also tried reinstalling OpenGrADS but have had no luck. Does anybody know
>> why this is happening and how to fix it?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
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>> Jennifer Miletta Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> George Mason University
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