Re^2: PDF::API2 and the Elusive Courier Font

[rsmeineke]

Thanks to all who responded to my initial inquiry. A quick note of follow-up.

"convert" seems to think Courier is installed:

robertm@sys76:~$ convert -list font |grep -i courier
  Font: Courier
    family: Courier
  Font: Courier-Bold
    family: Courier
  Font: Courier-BoldOblique
    family: Courier
  Font: Courier-Oblique
    family: Courier
  Font: Courier-10-Pitch-Bold
    family: Courier 10 Pitch
  Font: Courier-10-Pitch-Bold-Italic
    family: Courier 10 Pitch
  Font: Courier-10-Pitch-Italic
    family: Courier 10 Pitch
  Font: Courier-10-Pitch-Regular
    family: Courier 10 Pitch
robertm@sys76:~$

And here is the weird thing. When I used PDF::Create in a similar script all four versions of Courier are rendered perfectly. So PDF::Create is the obvious solution to this particular issue. I just wish I could figure out my problem with PDF::API2. It's starting to feel like a pernicious permissions problem, or similar. Puzzling.

Thanks again, Robert M.

[kschwab]

I checked the source, and the $pdf->corefont() method pulls from 14 built-in fonts in the module itself...where their data is encoded in .pm files, here:

/the_module_install_dir/lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/

So, it's not looking at system installed fonts at all.Your issue is within the module itself.

Since your code is working for others, I would guess you've got a borked installation of the module. You could find try the ttffont() or psfont() method instead, assuming you have ttf or pfm files for the desired fonts around. The convert utility shows the location of these. Or perhaps try reinstalling the module?

[rsmeineke]

I thought that is what I had gleaned from the source. This is just weird.

I sudo apt-get purged then sudo apt-get installed which installed the 2.019 version of the package. Still no Courier. Purged again then installed from the source which is version 2.020. Still no Courier.

I even went so far as to grab a year 2007 version of the Courier.pm file from the old source on CPAN .... no Courier! All my file and directory permissions look reachable. It has got to be something funky about this Linux Mint 15 install.

I really should quit obsessing about this but I hate not being able to solve a good mystery!

Thanks so much for your time, Robert M.