From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-12-27T06:16:05+09:00
Subject: Re: RMagick src install on Cygwin?

M. M. Peters wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> 
> Has anyone had success installing RMagick on Cygwin? I'm having an issue
> with RMagick seeing my fonts:
> 
> 
> PreserveAspectRatio.rb:204
> post-setup.rb: PreserveAspectRatio.rb
> example returned error code 256
> /usr/bin/ruby -I
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./lib -I
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./ext/RMagick RotateScale.rb
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:321:in
> `get_type_metrics': unable to read font
> `/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/verdana.ttf'
> (Magick::ImageMagickError)
> 
> 
> Instead of ImageMagick, I'm using GraphicsMagick, which shouldn't be an
> issue. At one point I used both and still had trouble.
> 

Try this command from a shell prompt:

convert label:abcdef test.gif

If you get the "unable to read font" message, report the problem to the 
ImageMagick forum.


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