#27576: xpdf issues "could'nt create a font for..." -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: j.van_den_hoff@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: xpdf -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27576> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS