[TYPO3-dev] Strange behavior of Freetype with version 4.0Beta3

[Joerg Wagner - DigiLog multimedia]

The GIFBUILDER object was reworked in beta3.
Please check your effects against http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=2692 ,
they might be related as your fontColor is also darker than your backColor.
Your problem differs in that you do not use transparency, but you could
check whether the problem vanishes if you set your fontColor to a value that
is numerically higher than the backColor value, as described in the
mentioned bug report. If this is the case the problems are definitely
related and you could add a note to that bug report.
--
Jörg Wagner.
DigiLog multimedia



"Martin Ficzel" <martin.ficzel at gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1141064057.30973.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
>i found a very stragte behavior wich is new in beta3
>
> i stumbled over it trying to use gifbuilder objects like that:
>
>> ib.fu.menu.header.file = GIFBUILDER
>> lib.fu.menu.header.file {
>> XY = 780,81
>> backColor= white
>> format = gif
>> quality = 100
>> .. other ts stuff ..
>> 3 = TEXT
>> 3.text.field= nav_title // title
>> 3.fontSize=18
>> 3.fontColor =#000000
>> 3.fontFile = fileadmin/resource/fonts/verdana.ttf
>> 3.offset=20,50
>> }
>
> the problem was that the fontColor value was not interperetd correctly the 
> whole font was yellow or missing at all.
>
> after that i thought that my configuration was wrong and i checked the 
> install tool
>
> Basic config:: all fine a font was rendered as expexted
> Image config/gd functions:: no fonts at all but some errors about missing 
> fonts in t3lib/class.t3lib_stdgraphic.php
>
> i found out that in t3lib/fonts the symlinks for verdana and arial were 
> missing but that did'nt solve the problem.
>
> !!! after changing the source to beta2 the problem was gone !!!
>
> Question: can anyone cofirm the problem? in that case i will create a 
> bug-report but until now i still fear the problem is sitting before my 
> computer.
>
> regards Martin