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

[Christopher]

Hi,

On 2/27/06, Martin Ficzel <martin.ficzel at gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.
>


Dunno about the FE problems, but the missing install tool stuff sounds
like this bug: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=2597

...which is apparently already fixed in CVS.

The two problems are likely unrelated, as the above bug has no effect
on FE rendering of GIFBUILDER objects.


-Christopher