[MacPorts] #27576: xpdf issues "could'nt create a font for..."

5 Dec 2010

      #27576: xpdf issues "could'nt create a font for..."
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 Reporter:  j.van_den_hoff@…       |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:  xpdf                                 
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 xpdf issues these errors when viewing a document:

 {{{
 Error: Couldn't create a font for 'Helvetica'
 Error: Couldn't create a font for 'Helvetica-Bold'
 Error: Couldn't create a font for 'ZapfDingbats'
 }}}

 helvetica actually is used in the document, but zapfdingbats
 is not AFAICS.

 I activated the font definitions from the default xpdfrc in my .xpdfrc
 which defines the fonts to be find as follows:

 {{{
 displayFontT1 Times-Roman
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Times-Italic
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Times-Bold
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Helvetica
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Courier
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Courier-Bold
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb
 displayFontT1 Symbol
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/s050000l.pfb
 displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats
 /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/d050000l.pfb

 }}}

 but I don't see them in the specified location. maybe they are elsewhere
 but it does not work out of the box. some time ago (but not in 1.9.1) xpdf
 still did.

 finally, for completeness, I see the following message on startup
 of xpdf
 {{{
 Error: No paper information available - using defaults
 }}}
 although `psPaperSize' is specified in my .xpdfrc.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27576>
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