Hi Mike, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I managed to set the textfont of a btn or fld to one of the fonts available in the fontnames, but I still can't figure how to use any other ttf font... load font file "nameofyourfont.ttf" -> returns an error I tried load URL "nameofyourfont.ttf", it works, but then the textfont property isn't updated...
On Mon, March 5, 2018 3:59 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: > With on-rev, I put up this script.. > > > <?lc > create button "mybtn" > > repeat for each line tLIne in the fontnames -- will make 1 png per font > > set the label of btn "mybtn" to tLine set the textfont of button "mybtn" > to tLine set the width of button "mybtn" to the formattedwidth of button > "mybtn" + 5 > > > export snapshot from button "mybtn" to file (tLine & ".png") as PNG > > put the textfont of button "mybtn" && "<img src=" & quote & tline & > ".png" > & quote & "><br>" & cr > end repeat ?> > > > And it works fine, with the exception of fonts with a - in the name. All > of them are Hershey fonts, so not sure if its the font family that is > broken, or the dashes causing the issue. > > If you have a ttf font file to use, you can probably put it on your > server next to your script and: load font file "nameofyourfont.ttf" and then > set the textfont to "nameofyourfont" and it will likely work. > > To see my script in action, check here: > http://guidezone.info/fonttest.lc > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Warren Samples via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 03/02/2018 04:14 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote: >> >> >>> Hello list >>> How can I load ttf font files with LC server, at least version 7.1 >>> available on my on-rev account ? Neither "revFontLoad" nor "start using >>> font file" seem to work... And the list of available fonts returned by >>> "the fontNames" is quite >>> limited... >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> jbv >>> >>> >>> >> Does on-rev run on Linux? If you create a directory called '.fonts' >> under your user name and install the fonts you want to use in your >> images in that directory, LiveCode will find them. >> >> A quick test shows this to be true using LC Server 8.1.4, but you may >> have to do some experimenting to get them working in a script accessed >> through your web server. Executing a script to show the fontnames works >> from the command line but without having done any real investigating, I >> have to admit it's not working when accessed through my server. This >> isn't an on-rev nor an Apache server so ymmv. If you decide to go the >> standalone route, you should be able to install your fonts this way to >> use them in the standalone. >> >> Good luck! >> >> >> Warren >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this >> url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this > url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode