Bug 38731

Summary: ttmkfdir program does not work (to create tt fonts.scale file)
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: tony.ransom
Component: freetypeAssignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
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Description tony.ransom 2001-05-02 12:23:28 UTC
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The ttmkfdir program, used to create the true type fonts.scale file, does
not work. It simply states 'Aborted' when run. The fonts.scale file is not
created.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. While superuser, cd to the directory where your tt fonts are stored.
2. Run ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
3. Observe the program produces output of "Aborted"
	

Actual Results:  The program produces output of "Aborted"

Expected Results:  The file fonts.scale should be created.

None

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-05-02 15:20:10 UTC
Works here... What TT fonts are you using?


Comment 2 tony.ransom 2001-05-03 02:29:59 UTC
I'm using Windows 98 fonts. Maybe there's a permission problem? I will check this tonight.

Comment 3 tony.ransom 2001-05-03 13:07:25 UTC
Checked and changed permissions on the .ttf files to '444'. No difference, still
get 'Aborted' when I try to run ttmkfdir.

Note that this worked in my previous RH installation. When I installed 7.1 I
backed up the fonts then reinstalled after.

Comment 4 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-05-03 13:54:04 UTC
Assigning to freetype, which contains ttmkfdir.
ttfonts is our collection of free TrueType fonts; ttmkfdir works perfectly with
those.

Comment 5 Mike A. Harris 2001-05-11 04:35:34 UTC
I do not have any fonts with which to test this and reproduce the problem.
Microsoft fonts are copyrighted, so I can't ask you to send them to me in
a tar.gz'd file via email so that I can try to reproduce the situation as
that would violate the Microsoft EULA licensing agreement I am sure.  ;o)




Comment 6 Mike A. Harris 2001-06-12 21:09:38 UTC
The above comment by the way was a very lame attempt at a sense of humor. ;o)
It appears nobody took it that way..  Oh well, it was lame.  ;o)

At any rate... I have just taken the fonts from a Windows 98SE installation,
copied them into a dir /tmp/ttfonts, and then went in that dir and ran:

ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale

The program works exactly as expected.