Debian Bug report logs - #813715
zoom-player: Unable to load font helvetica-medium

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: zoom-player: Unable to load font helvetica-medium

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:42:31 +0100

Package: zoom-player
Version: 1.1.5~dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

While trying out zoom-player on an other PC;
I allways get it to complain about some missing fonts,
even after having installed all the same likely needed
'*ttf*' & '*font*' packages as installed on my main computer.

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zoom /usr/share/games/zork/zork1.dat 

INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to load font -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
                    or fall back to 8x13 (PC = #ffffffff)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (450, 'unstable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.10.18-5-ARCH (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_BE.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages zoom-player depends on:
ii  libc6           2.21-7
ii  libfontconfig1  2.11.0-6.3
ii  libice6         2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  libpng12-0      1.2.54-1
ii  libsm6          2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii  libx11-6        2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxext6        2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxft2         2.3.2-1
ii  libxrender1     1:0.9.9-2
ii  zlib1g          1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

zoom-player recommends no packages.

zoom-player suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 813715@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>

To: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>, 813715@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#813715: zoom-player: Unable to load font helvetica-medium

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 14:18:09 +0100

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On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:42:31 +0100, Alexandre Detiste
<alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> wrote:
> While trying out zoom-player on an other PC;
> I allways get it to complain about some missing fonts,
> even after having installed all the same likely needed
> '*ttf*' & '*font*' packages as installed on my main computer.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> zoom /usr/share/games/zork/zork1.dat 
> 
> INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to load font
> -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* or fall back to 8x13 (PC =
> #ffffffff)

The required fonts are in xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi (Adobe Helvetica)
and xfonts-base (8x13). If you're running Zoom remotely, the fonts need to be
installed on the X server. (I have the same problem running Zoom remotely,
displaying on a Fedora system.)

Regards,

Stephen

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Message #15 received at 813715@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>

To: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>, 813715@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#813715: zoom-player: Unable to load font helvetica-medium

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 15:39:44 +0100

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On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 14:18:09 +0100, Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:42:31 +0100, Alexandre Detiste
> <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> wrote:
> > While trying out zoom-player on an other PC;
> > I allways get it to complain about some missing fonts,
> > even after having installed all the same likely needed
> > '*ttf*' & '*font*' packages as installed on my main computer.
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > zoom /usr/share/games/zork/zork1.dat 
> > 
> > INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to load font
> > -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* or fall back to 8x13 (PC =
> > #ffffffff)  
> 
> The required fonts are in xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi (Adobe Helvetica)
> and xfonts-base (8x13). If you're running Zoom remotely, the fonts need to
> be installed on the X server. (I have the same problem running Zoom
> remotely, displaying on a Fedora system.)

Another solution seems to be to enable anti-aliasing, which causes Zoom to
use Xft rather than standard X fonts:

	cp /usr/share/zoom/zoomrc ~/.zoomrc
	sed -i "s/antialias no/antialias yes/g" ~/.zoomrc

Could you try that and see if it fixes things for you? Since the Debian
package builds with proper Xft support we could just enable that by
default...

Regards,

Stephen

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Message #20 received at 813715@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

To: Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>

Cc: 813715@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#813715: zoom-player: Unable to load font helvetica-medium

Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 16:06:40 +0100

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Le samedi 6 février 2016, 15:39:44 Stephen Kitt a écrit :
> Another solution seems to be to enable anti-aliasing, which causes Zoom to
> use Xft rather than standard X fonts:
> 
> 	cp /usr/share/zoom/zoomrc ~/.zoomrc
> 	sed -i "s/antialias no/antialias yes/g" ~/.zoomrc
> 
> Could you try that and see if it fixes things for you? Since the Debian
> package builds with proper Xft support we could just enable that by
> default...

Both works now, Xft should work out of the box everywhere.

This disclaimer from 2002 is not really applicable anymore:

# !! IMPORTANT !! (Well, sort of)
# The default zoomrc file now sets anti-aliasing to off by default,
# because many people have reported problems with Xft's selection
# of fonts. Blech. Reset to 'yes' to get anti-aliasing back.


Regards,

Alexandre

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Message #25 received at 813715-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>

To: 813715-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#813715: fixed in zoom-player 1.1.5~dfsg-2

Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 16:35:00 +0000

Source: zoom-player
Source-Version: 1.1.5~dfsg-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
zoom-player, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 813715@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org> (supplier of updated zoom-player package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:22:52 +0100
Source: zoom-player
Binary: zoom-player
Architecture: source
Version: 1.1.5~dfsg-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>
Description:
 zoom-player - player for Z-Code stories or games
Closes: 813674 813715
Changes:
 zoom-player (1.1.5~dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Alexandre Detiste ]
   * Revert to a version 3 watch file.
   * Avoid crashing on invalid coordinates when setting colours in V6 games
     (Zork Zero in particular). Closes: #813674.
 .
   [ Stephen Kitt ]
   * Switch to https: VCS URIs (see #810378).
   * Enable anti-aliasing by default and recommend the appropriate X font
     packages. Closes: #813715.
   * Enable all hardening options.
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