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

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Thu Jan 2 15:36:35 UTC 2014


On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 01/02/2014 06:22 AM, Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> Any font files included within the theme directory are available for use by
> the theme, regardless of those fonts installed on the system.  So, it can be
> done, licensing and "distro architecture" considerations allowing.
>
> Mike
>
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Looks like they were forgotten to be cherry picked from master. I'll
take a look at the theme and pull these in soon.
https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu/tree/master

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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