Getting RunRev to 'see' fonts in non-standard places.

[richmond62]

On Ubuntu (and, I assume, all Debian derivatives) one can put fonts in all sorts of places where MOST applications will see them.

The most obvious places is in an invisible folder called .fonts inside the user's Home folder.

However RunRev does not 'see' these fonts.

Nor does it 'see' fonts stored in /usr/share/fonts or subordinate folders.

This is a real show-stopper for people (like myself) who wish to deliver a Linux standalone that depends on a bespoke font.

End-users (who may not have ROOT access, or the necessary know-how to install fonts elsewhere than the HOME folder) should be able
to install their own fonts (or those provided with RR standalones) which RunRev or standalones can register.

Richmond Mathewson.

[richmond62]

Just upgraded (One helluva headache) from Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS to 10.4 LTS Alpha 3 and, unfortunately, RunRev 4 has
all the same problems with fonts . . .

[RRobert]

What are you trying to achieve in detail?

Robert

[richmond62]

On Mac OS X RunRev can detect and use all fonts installed on the system.

This is not true on Linux.

A standalone can be delivered with a font for the end-user to install - this is unproblematic both
for Mac or Windows.

It is not possible at present on Linux.

[wsamples]

If you're including the font with your install, would it not serve to use revFontLoad? That should allow you to place the font in your application directory and load it from there. It also appears as if you could use this command in a script to load all the fonts within any directory.

[RRobert]

revFontLoad is not available under Linux. As mentioned in the documentation. Maybe you could replace your labels with images.

Robert