[Qt-interest] Solaris Font Issues Porting Qt3 to Qt4

[Jake Colman]

It looks like the problem is triggered when using fontconfig.  If I
build Qt without fontconfig the Helvetica font matches Qt3.  When I
build Qt with fontconfig the Helvetica font does not match.

I also noticed that the font combobox list "Helvetica" when using Qt4
with fontconfig but lists "Helvetica [Adobe]" and "Helvetica
[Linotypoe]" when using Qt4 without fontconfig.

How can I use this information to get what I need?  Should I simply
build Qt4 without fontconfg?  But I should not have to do that!

Thanks.

...Jake


>>>>> "DW" == Dan White <ygor at comcast.net> writes:

   DW> Why not try a QFontComboBox to see what your system offers
   DW> <http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/qfontcombobox.html>

   DW> Make a little test app to let you choose a font and then see its settings.

   DW> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere
   DW> in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
   DW> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

   DW> ----- Jake Colman <colman at ppllc.com> wrote:
   >> 
   >> Our application is a mixed Motif/Qt application using the Qt Motif
   >> Extension.  When using Qt3, the fonts on my Qt screens were an exact
   >> match for the fonts on my Motif screens.  Since upgrading to Qt4, the Qt
   >> fonts are quite ugly and certainly do not match.
   >> 
   >> I use an app-defaults file to specify my Motif fonts.  In Qt I do the
   >> following:
   >> 
   >> QFont Font;
   >> Font.setFamily("Helvetica [Adobe]");
   >> Font.setPixelSize(12);
   >> QApplication::setFont(Font);
   >> 
   >> What do I need to do differently in Qt4 so that I get the above code
   >> chooses the same font that it did in Qt3?
   >> 
   >> Thanks.
   >> 
   >> ...Jake
   >> 
   >> 
   >> 
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Jake Colman | Director, Software Development
Principia Partners LLC
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t: +1 (610) 755 9786 | c: +1 (610) 348 2788 | f: +1 (201) 221 8929
e: colman at ppllc.com | w: www.principiapartners.com
Credit technology innovation awards winner 2008 and 2009