Integrate fonts in software

[Klaus]

AHA, so the font is NOT in -> specialfolderpath("resources") but in -> specialfolderpath("resources) & /"resources/"!

Either do not create and use a subfolder named "resources"* by yourself, my advice, or provide the correct path to the font:
...
put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/resources/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
...

*This folder will be created automatically by LC when creating the Mac standalone application package!

[AlessioForconi]

AHA, so the font is NOT in -> specialfolderpath("resources") but in -> specialfolderpath("resources) & /"resources/"!

Either do not create and use a subfolder named "resources"* by yourself, my advice, or provide the correct path to the font:
...
put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/resources/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
...

*This folder will be created automatically by LC when creating the Mac standalone application package!

If I understood correctly ...

I set this way, that is, I have included the font file indicating it from the folder where the executable is, without creating the resources folder.

Now the error no longer appears, but it does not load the font, or rather it is only about the OS X virtual machine, but not on Linux and Windows.

I forgot that I also set the font in question on the stack at the design stage.


The resources folder is not created when LC creating the Mac standalone application package but the font file is copied as I have indicated it, ie in the same folder as the executable.

[Klaus]

Hi Alessio,

your screen looks fine now.
And you use -> specialfolderpath("resources") & "/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf"
Right? If yes, sorry, no idea why the font does not load.

The resources folder is not created when LC creating the Mac standalone application package but the font file is copied as I have indicated it, ie in the same folder as the executable.

this is not true! Did you take a look into the application package?
See screenshot:

Everything you add via the "Copy files" tab in the STAB Settings, will get copied to the "Resources" folder, which gets created during the compilation inside of the app package, and can be accessed with that specialfolderpath("resources") which LC nicely maps to whatever folder Apple is requiring today for this kind of "resources".

Some years ago everything went into the "MacOS" folder a.k.a. specialfolderpath("engine") but then Apple changed it mind again and LC now takes care of that.


Best

Klaus

[bogs]

I'm not positive, since I never actually used this method, but I think you have to check this

Copy files...?

after adding the files, don't you? I could be way off though.

[Klaus]

I could be way off though.

And you are in fact!

Check page 513 in the "User Guide" (of LC 9):
...
Copy Referenced Files:
Loops over all image and player objects in stacks and copies any files referenced in the fileName property of these objects into the standalone. Then automatically sets the fileName property to reference these files in the standalone using referenced file paths.
...

[bogs]

I could be way off though.

And you are in fact!

No surprise there

[jacque]

To test, put in a temporary line of script "answer the fontnames" and see what it says. Sometimes the font name is different than the file name.

[AlessioForconi]

To test, put in a temporary line of script "answer the fontnames" and see what it says. Sometimes the font name is different than the file name.

The result of "answer the fontnames" is this

The file is this

And in the code I use this

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on preOpenStack
   ##answer the fontnames
   put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
   start using font file tFontFile
   ## Do so for every font you have included
   if the result <> EMPTY then
      answer specialfolderpathspecialfolderpath("resources")
      answer "non è stato possibile caricare il Font selezionato:" & CR & the result
   end if
   ## if there is an error -> the result will not be EMPTY
end preOpenStack

[SparkOut]

TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf <> Terminal Dosis Medium


Use the name listed under the fontNames when you "start using"

[AlessioForconi]

TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf <> Terminal Dosis Medium


Use the name listed under the fontNames when you "start using"

And the extension? "answer the fontnames" does not indicate it

[Klaus]

Hi Alessio,

the name of a font in "the fontnames" (and every font menu in other applications), may be NOT the same as the filename of the font, as you can see here.

I guess you have installed this font on your machine and alreadfy set the font of some of your fields to that font, right? If yes, the you do not do anything but "start using font file...", that's it!

If not, what do you want to use the font for?


Best

Klaus

[AlessioForconi]

Hi Alessio,

the name of a font in "the fontnames" (and every font menu in other applications), may be NOT the same as the filename of the font, as you can see here.

I guess you have installed this font on your machine and alreadfy set the font of some of your fields to that font, right? If yes, the you do not do anything but "start using font file...", that's it!

If not, what do you want to use the font for?


Best

Klaus

Yes, I set that font at the stack level and in the individual fields, if necessary, I set different sizes.
Obviously the font is installed on the computer.
What should I do for "start using font file ..."?

Doing some tests on virtual machines I noticed that on that OS X is however correctly used while on those Linux and Windows does not work. The font is not installed on any of the three.

[Klaus]

"start using font file ..." is all you need to do!
This will install the font file with that name on the target machine, but the font can only be used inside of LC.

Since it works on a Mac, it generally works, no idea why it doesn't on Win and Linux.
Do you get any errors on these platforms?

Please post your script again, here is an error:

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on preOpenStack
   ##answer the fontnames
   put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
   start using font file tFontFile
   ## Do so for every font you have included
   if the result <> EMPTY then

     ### HERE! One specialfolderpath too much :-)
      answer specialfolderpathspecialfolderpath("resources")
    ### HERE!
      answer "non è stato possibile caricare il Font selezionato:" & CR & the result
   end if
   ## if there is an error -> the result will not be EMPTY
end preOpenStack

[AlessioForconi]

Hi Klaus

I already corrected the mistake, I had seen it too.
Both on Windows and on Linux I do not get any errors, simply do not use the font.

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on preOpenStack
   ##answer the fontnames
   put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
   start using font file tFontFile
   ## Do so for every font you have included
   if the result <> EMPTY then
      answer specialfolder("resources")
      answer "Non è stato possibile caricare il Font selezionato:" & CR & the result
   end if
   ## if there is an error -> the result will not be EMPTY
end preOpenStack

I checked again, as you can see from the screenshot the instruction
put specialfolderpath ("resources") & "/TerminalDosis-Medium.ttf" into tFontFile
it does not create the resources folder but simply copies the font file that I have indicated in the Copy files of Standalone Application Setting

[SparkOut]

Try adding "globally" to the command

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start using font file tFontFile globally 

If that works (or even if not?) then I wonder whether it might be a regression of bug 19981 https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19981