[Qt-interest] Font Selection Issue

[Jake Colman]

Constantin,

Where does qtconfig store its settings?  I checked and cannot figure it
out.

...Jake


>>>>> "CM" == Constantin Makshin <cmakshin at gmail.com> writes:

   CM> Look in the "qtconfig" ("qtconfig-qt4", "qt4-qtconfig", etc., I
   CM> don't know how it's named in Solaris) utility.

   CM> If it's not available, you may try to compile it yourself —
   CM> it's in the "tools/qtconfig" subdirectory of the Qt source code
   CM> tarball.

   CM> Another possible cause of the problem is that Qt or fontconfig
   CM> can't find the font you requested and takes default font instead.

   CM> On Friday 08 October 2010 17:15:26 Jake Colman wrote:
   >> 
   >> I've been reading on how to check my fontconfig configuration.  But
   >> where is the Qt configuration for font substitution?  Are you referring
   >> to something more than the QFont class?
   >> 
   >> >>>>> "CM" == Constantin Makshin <cmakshin at gmail.com> writes:
   >> 
   CM> Check your fontconfig and Qt configurations for font
   CM> substitutions.
   >> 
   CM> On Thursday 07 October 2010 17:58:40 Jake Colman wrote:
   >> >> 
   >> >> Using Qt4 on Solaris 10 I'm having trouble selecting the correct font
   >> >> when using Qt built with support for fontconfig.
   >> >> 
   >> >> In order to ensure that I am being very specific in my request (for
   >> >> the
   >> >> purpose of this test), I created a font and then used QFontInfo to
   >> >> see
   >> >> what I got.
   >> >> 
   >> >> The font is created as follows:
   >> >> 
   >> >> QFont Font;
   >> >> Font.setRawName("-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1");
   >> >> 
   >> >> When built without fontconfig support, QFontInfo gives me the
   >> >> following
   >> >> (which is what I'd expect):
   >> >> 
   >> >> Font Info: 
   >> >> Family: Helvetica [Adobe]
   >> >> Point Size: 9
   >> >> Pixel Size: 12
   >> >> Exact Match: 1
   >> >> 
   >> >> When built with fontconfig, however, I am getting the following:
   >> >> 
   >> >> Font Info: 
   >> >> Family: Bitstream Vera Sans
   >> >> Point Size: 9
   >> >> Pixel Size: 12
   >> >> Exact Match: 0
   >> >> 
   >> >> Why is Qt with fontconfig not giving me the correct font?
   >> >> 
   >> >> ...Jake
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