Robin Becker wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>
>>Is anyone aware of (a fix for) problems I'm having getting PIL 1.1.5 to
>>create bitmaps using TrueType and openType fonts? When I create an image
>>using the standard PIL fonts everything seems fine, but when I use
>>ImageFont.truetype(<font-file>, <size>) no text is drawn.
>>
>>setup.py reports from debug print statements that it's finding freetype21.
>>
>>The same code using (Fredrik's pre-built binary) on Windows runs
>>correctly and produces correct images.
>>
>>Cygwin runs Python 2.4.1, Windows runs 2.4. Any light on this mystery
>>gratefully received.
>>
>>regards
>> Steve
>
> Could PIL have been compiled without freetype support perhaps?
>
Don't think so, as I don't see any errors in the build, and the closing
summary from "python setup.py build" reads
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PIL 1.1.5 BUILD SUMMARY
--------------------------------------------------------------------
version 1.1.5
platform cygwin 2.4.1 (#1, May 27 2005, 18:02:40)
[GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--- TKINTER support ok
--- JPEG support ok
--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support ok
--- FREETYPE2 support ok
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Strangely enough all the tests pass, too!
regards
Steve
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