Hi Alexander,
Yes I read the follow up post but did not understand it. I’ll have a look if I 
can find the pango1-xft2-ft219 package and install it.
Many thanks.
Walter
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Walter van Rijn
wvr...@gmail.com
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> On 7 Apr 2016, at 16:33, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 7, 2016, at 08:23, van Rijn Walter <wvr...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:wvr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, I am using OSX 10.11.3, and want to use the app Fontforge in combination 
>> with the app Potrace (it allows auto tracing from within Fontforge).
>> I used to run it on an old OS but now upgraded my Mac with 10.11 and 
>> installed Fink 0.39.3, uploaded Fontforge and Potrace. So far so good. 
>> I am trying to get Fontforge running via Terminal: ~ waltervr$ fontforge
>> and run into a problem with Pango:
>> 
>> Based on source from git with hash: 
>> no xdefs_filename!
>> TESTING: getPixmapDir:/sw/share/fontforge/pixmaps
>> TESTING: getShareDir:/sw/share/fontforge
>> TESTING: GResourceProgramDir:/sw/bin
>> trying default theme:/sw/share/fontforge/pixmaps/resources
>> fontforge.hasUserInterface!
>> PyFF_onAppClosing() cnt:1
>> 
>> (process:3020): Pango-CRITICAL **: No modules found:
>> No builtin or dynamically loaded modules were found.
>> PangoFc will not work correctly.
>> This probably means there was an error in the creation of:
>>   '/sw/lib/pango-ft219/etc/pango/pango.modules'
>> You should create this file by running:
>>   pango-querymodules > '/sw/lib/pango-ft219/etc/pango/pango.modules'
>> Fontconfig warning: "/sw/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading 
>> configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
>> 
>> (process:3020): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly 
>> output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin'
>> 
>> (process:3020): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly 
>> output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common'
>> 
>> I fond some posts with same problem but not one with a solution I can 
>> understand. 
>> see:  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/39784 
>> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/39784>
>> I did try to run:  pango-querymodules > 
>> '/sw/lib/pango-ft219/etc/pango/pango.modules'
>> return: -bash: /sw/lib/pango-ft219/etc/pango/pango.modules: No such file or 
>> directory
>> 
>> Being a novice with running Linux apps via Terminal: how to solve this?
>> 
>> Many thanks for your time :)
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Walter van Rijn
>> wvr...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:wvr...@gmail.com>-------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> ———————————————————————————————————————
> 
> (They aren’t Linux apps because you aren’t on Linux)
> 
> Did you check the follow up post 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/39784 
> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/39784> ? pango.modules is 
> installed by the “pango1-xft2-ft219” main package, so you might need to 
> install that.
> 
> I’m cc’ing the fontforge maintainer since this potentially could be a missing 
> dependency.
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> 

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