> hello all, > > mkttfdir is segfaulting on me. on me too :( It was also the reason for X not to run (at least with xtt, freetype works but I would prefer xtt) and making me buy a new graphics card (Ok. Having an old S3Virge-PCI card it was time for this step anyway) > i think i recall reading a post that truetype fonts can't have internal > spaces in their names. is this true? could be caused by entries in > font.dir like: > suckgolf.ttf -misc-I suck at golf-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 I don't think so. I can remember using Fonts like "Times New Roman" or "Bookman Old Style". > any ideas on why this might be segfaulting? Absolutly no Idea. However it does not seem to be a perl problem. I think It is a Problem somewhere in the ttf libraries. > any tips would be welcome. it keeps segfaulting on vixar.ttf. that's the > last "v" font. luckily, there's not much left in the directory unprocessed > except for wingdings... Does X with xtt work? the freetype module does not seem to need the fonts.dir file. Best regards, Bernhard
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