[Qt-interest] Font Selection Issue

[Constantin Makshin]

~/.config/Trolltech.conf

On Sunday 10 October 2010 21:58:35 Jake Colman wrote:
> 
> 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