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

[Peter Carlsson]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:36:35PM +0000, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 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

Today I had an updated theme to download and the errors are gone!

Thank you and everyone else for the good support!

Best regards,
Peter Carlsson