[mythtv-theming] Font face naming differences on different platforms (was Re: What fonts are guaranteed to be on a Linux box?)

Jean-Yves Avenard jyavenard at gmail.com
Thu Aug 22 22:18:49 UTC 2013


not sure if this is relevant, but on my mac i have hundreds of those
line in the console output:

CoreText performance note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using
name "Arial" and got font with PostScript name "ArialMT". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.943 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.950 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "League Gothic"
and got font with PostScript name "LeagueGothic". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.954 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.955 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.957 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.958 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.959 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "League Gothic"
and got font with PostScript name "LeagueGothic". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.959 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "League Gothic"
and got font with PostScript name "LeagueGothic". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.960 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.962 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.962 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "League Gothic"
and got font with PostScript name "LeagueGothic". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.965 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "CartoGothic
Std" and got font with PostScript name "CartoGothicStd-Book". For best
performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2013-08-23 01:45:38.977 mythfrontend[1566:303] CoreText performance
note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "Arial" and got
font with PostScript name "ArialMT". For best performance, only use
PostScript names when calling this API.

not sure if it's a Qt bug or what not. what's for sure with a theme
like MythAeon, fonts are rendered very differently and theres not
enough space to display the menu entries' so you see them scrolling
continuously...


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