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Fresh install on OSX: unable to read font

Posted: 2008-06-21T02:57:55-07:00
by Stitch_X
Hi,

I installed ImageMagick on a fresh OSX install using sudo port install ImageMagick. (Version: ImageMagick 6.4.1 06/21/08 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org)

Using convert i get those creepy ghostscript errors so i installed ghostscript.
(why doesnt it use freetype anyway? as port installs it!)

Still every time i try convert i get thousands of "convert: unable to read font " messages.

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convert: unable to read font `/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Arial'.
convert: unable to read font `/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Arial'.
convert: unable to read font `/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Arial'.
convert: unable to read font `/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Arial'.
Any other font i tried with -font also fails.

Fonts are listed

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X-X-macbook:~ X$ convert -list font

Path: System Fonts
  Font: #GungSeo-標準體
    family: #GungSeo
    style: Normal
    stretch: Normal
    weight: 400
  Font: #HeadLineA-標
Reinstalling with port results in the same stuff.

Now i'm very unhappy with this kind of user experience, especially because i did nothing wrong.

Whats up with this?

Re: Fresh install on OSX: unable to read font

Posted: 2008-06-21T03:15:55-07:00
by Stitch_X
This seems to solve it...

http://www.gadflymind.com/2008/03/14/us ... agemagick/

But now i want to use freetype on this mac install. Howto?