[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu theme fails to load 'Ubuntu' font

[Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt]

On 02/01/2014 5:40 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 01/01/14 23:09, Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt wrote:
>> On 01/01/14 05:00 PM, Peter Carlsson wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I try to use the Mythbunbtu theme on my 0.27 BE/FE on a Debian Wheezy
>>> but the frontend log file have several entries of this kind:
>>>
>>> 2014-01-01 20:20:56.241770 E [15746/15746] CoreContext
>>> mythfontproperties.cpp:440 (ParseFromXml) - MythFontProperties:
>>> Failed to load
>>> 'Ubuntu', got 'Bitstream Vera Sans' instead
>>>                          Location:
>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml @ 7
>>>                          Name: 'basesmall'       Type: 'fontdef'
>>> 2014-01-01 20:20:56.244185 E [15746/15746] CoreContext
>>> mythfontproperties.cpp:440 (ParseFromXml) - MythFontProperties:
>>> Failed to load
>>> 'Ubuntu', got 'Bitstream Vera Sans' instead
>>>                          Location:
>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml @ 12
>>>                          Name: 'basesmallbold'   Type: 'fontdef'
>>> 2014-01-01 20:20:56.245655 E [15746/15746] CoreContext
>>> mythfontproperties.cpp:440 (ParseFromXml) - MythFontProperties:
>>> Failed to load
>>> 'Ubuntu', got 'Bitstream Vera Sans' instead
>>>                          Location:
>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml @ 16
>>>                          Name: 'baseextrasmall'  Type: 'fontdef'
>>>
>>> I have tried to remove the theme and reload it from the theme chooser,
>>> but that doesn't solve my problem. Do I have to install manually since
>>> I am not using the Mythbuntu distro?
>>>
>>> The error has been with me even before 0.27, but now I thought I
>>> should fix the problem.
>>>
>>> I will be happy to provide any additional info if needed.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Peter Carlsson
>>>
>> Never found a .deb with these in it yet, but you can download a .zip
>> from
>> http://font.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-font-family-0.80.zip with the
>> various
>> weights.  Just extract to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-ubuntu and
>> run 'fc-cache
>> -fv' to update the font cache.
>>
> Wouldn't it have been better for the theme designer to have included
> the fonts with the theme in the first place? It shouldn't be necessary
> to go through extra steps just to change to another theme.
>
Given the licencing on that set of fonts, I'm not sure why its not 
included... but then again I don't think myth currently has the 
capabilities to install fonts on the fly, though I've never really 
looked into it.