BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  WMF fonts problems          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Graphics View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Gustavo Schmidt Simoes Guest Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:20 pm    Post subject: WMF fonts problems Hi everybody ! I have a wmf file made in Corel Draw 12. I use this wmf as a base image to draw some text on int using Courier New font. For this purpose I use TMetaFile and TMetaFileCanvas. It works fine. But in some machines, with the same SO, service pack, video resolution (W2K Prof. SP4, 800x600 16bit color) it seens that the SO can´t find the Courier New font and uses another font automatically. So I have wrong display. It´s curious because I open MS Word and can verify that the font Courier New is there and properly working. I alread try to reinstall courier new font with font files of the machine that works fine but it doesn´t work. Anybody can help me with this situation ? Thanks a lot. Gustavo Back to top Gordon Whittam Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:02 am    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems In article <40dc9978 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Finn Tolderlund wrote: Quote: How windows actually decides which font to use instead nobody in the known universe knows. It's a bit old but it does give some idea of how it works: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngdi/html/ msdn_fontmap.asp Gordon Back to top Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems I think I have seen this article before, but still a good link. But the big problem with windows font mapping is that it is simply impossible to predict what font is chosen because the algorithm is rather complicated and because it depends on what fonts the current user may have installed. -- Finn Tolderlund "Gordon Whittam" <gordon (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:VA.00000164.0047c16b (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com... Quote: In article <40dc9978 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Finn Tolderlund wrote: How windows actually decides which font to use instead nobody in the known universe knows. It's a bit old but it does give some idea of how it works: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngdi/html/ msdn_fontmap.asp Back to top Gustavo Schmidt Simoes Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:38 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems OK, I read the article. But, the fact is, the font courier new is installed on the system, I just can´t find out why windows or delphi is using another font instead. And a curious fact. In my wmf image I have another fonts like Stencil BT. Texts write using this fonts are OK, the problem is only with Courier New... Do You have any ideia of what is going on ? Thanks a lot Gustavo "Finn Tolderlund" <no (AT) spam (DOT) dk> escreveu na mensagem news:40dd707d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I think I have seen this article before, but still a good link. But the big problem with windows font mapping is that it is simply impossible to predict what font is chosen because the algorithm is rather complicated and because it depends on what fonts the current user may have installed. -- Finn Tolderlund "Gordon Whittam" <gordon (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:VA.00000164.0047c16b (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com... In article <40dc9978 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Finn Tolderlund wrote: How windows actually decides which font to use instead nobody in the known universe knows. It's a bit old but it does give some idea of how it works: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngdi/html/ msdn_fontmap.asp Back to top Gustavo Schmidt Simoes Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:40 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems Another detail to Finn, The font is configured to size 6, with style := [], nothing special. Gustavo "Finn Tolderlund" <no (AT) spam (DOT) dk> escreveu na mensagem news:40dd707d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I think I have seen this article before, but still a good link. But the big problem with windows font mapping is that it is simply impossible to predict what font is chosen because the algorithm is rather complicated and because it depends on what fonts the current user may have installed. -- Finn Tolderlund "Gordon Whittam" <gordon (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:VA.00000164.0047c16b (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com... In article <40dc9978 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Finn Tolderlund wrote: How windows actually decides which font to use instead nobody in the known universe knows. It's a bit old but it does give some idea of how it works: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngdi/html/ msdn_fontmap.asp Back to top Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:07 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems I'm sorry but I don't know is happening. Remember, the font mapping is just an idea, it could be something else. -- Finn Tolderlund "Gustavo Schmidt Simoes" <gssimoes (AT) globo (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:40dd7f2d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Another detail to Finn, The font is configured to size 6, with style := [], nothing special. Gustavo "Finn Tolderlund" <no (AT) spam (DOT) dk> escreveu na mensagem news:40dd707d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... I think I have seen this article before, but still a good link. But the big problem with windows font mapping is that it is simply impossible to predict what font is chosen because the algorithm is rather complicated and because it depends on what fonts the current user may have installed. -- Finn Tolderlund "Gordon Whittam" <gordon (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:VA.00000164.0047c16b (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com... In article <40dc9978 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Finn Tolderlund wrote: How windows actually decides which font to use instead nobody in the known universe knows. It's a bit old but it does give some idea of how it works: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngdi/html/ msdn_fontmap.asp Back to top Gordon Whittam Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:24 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems In article <40dc9721$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Gustavo Schmidt Simoes wrote: Quote: But in some machines, with the same SO, service pack, video resolution (W2K Prof. SP4, 800x600 16bit color) it seens that the SO can´t find the Courier New font and uses another font automatically. Have a look under the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFontSubstitutes or the equivalent on whatever machine it is. Not saying it's the problem but the potential to choose something unexpected is there or would appear to be. Gordon Back to top Gustavo Schmidt Simoes Guest Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: Re: WMF fonts problems Ok, I´ll try the registry key. Thanks a lot for both of You. Gustavo "Gordon Whittam" <gordon (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com> escreveu na mensagem news:VA.00000165.02817116 (AT) mgcsoft (DOT) com... Quote: In article <40dc9721$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Gustavo Schmidt Simoes wrote: But in some machines, with the same SO, service pack, video resolution (W2K Prof. SP4, 800x600 16bit color) it seens that the SO can´t find the Courier New font and uses another font automatically. Have a look under the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFontSubstitutes or the equivalent on whatever machine it is. Not saying it's the problem but the potential to choose something unexpected is there or would appear to be. 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