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Posted: **Wed May 20, 2020 5:28 pm**

Hello.
Have project with Times New Roman font in the forms.

SetGadgetFont(#Gadget_MainWindow_UTC_Time,LoadFont(#Gadget_MainWindow_UTC_Time,"Times New Roman",18))

In the windows and OSX font looks good, but in the Linux forms shows other font.
Linux has this font and I can see it in the system properties.

I use Suse Desktop 15.1 and PureBasic 5.72
Thank you.

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 5:55 pm**

Works perfectly here with the fonts from fonts-liberation package.
But your call is not correct.
Try it like this (and read the help please

) ...

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SetGadgetFont(#Gadget_MainWindow_UTC_Time, FontId(LoadFont(#PB_Any, "Times New Roman", 18)))

Regards, Charly

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 9:43 pm**

Thank you Charly.
Code was generated by PureVision without #PV_Any, use constants.
This code is works under Windoz and MacOS.
Will change code and will report to PureVision author about wrong code generation.

Thank you again.

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 10:42 pm**

... A constant can be used for Font ID, but it must be unique, it cannot be the same constant used for a Gadget ID - that is the fault in the code.

Edit: My statement above is wrong - of course you can use a constant as an ID for different items. Not good practice though because the code can become confusing.

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2020 11:13 am**

IdeasVacuum wrote:, it cannot be the same constant used for a Gadget ID

I am agreed with you, but PureVision author not sure.

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2020 7:04 pm**

Oma wrote:Works perfectly here with the fonts from fonts-liberation package.
But your call is not correct.
Try it like this (and read the help please ) ...
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SetGadgetFont(#Gadget_MainWindow_UTC_Time, FontId(LoadFont(#PB_Any, "Times New Roman", 18)))
Regards, Charly

I did in this way - anyway do not see Times New Roman font under linux Ubuntu 20.04 and Suse Desktop 15.1
Font exist and I can to use it as system font or as font in the Pure Basic editor, but do not see it in the compiled program

Looks like I am stupid at all

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2020 8:24 pm**

Checked situation with small program

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FontName$ = "Times New Roman"

If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 300, 160, "Loading font...", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
  Result = FontRequester(FontName$, 14, 0, RGB(0, 0, 0), #PB_Font_Bold)
  If LoadFont(1, SelectedFontName(), SelectedFontSize() )
    SetGadgetFont(#PB_Default, FontID(1))
    TextGadget(0, 10, 10, 300, 40, SelectedFontName()+" "+Str(SelectedFontSize()) )
  EndIf
Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
EndIf

While choosing font font looks as should
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Auurs2F0cQKFgaNmSMeBJ_n2cUYLVA
But after looks not right:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Auurs2F0cQKFgaNnE63pJP-X6vooLw

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2020 8:57 pm**

IdeasVacuum wrote:... A constant can be used for Font ID, but it must be unique, it cannot be the same constant used for a Gadget ID - that is the fault in the code.

This is an incorrect statement.
Look at this code, both Gadgets and Fonts have a unique constant yet the Gadget shares the same value as the Font.

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,200,100,"Work Form1",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
TextGadget(1,10,10,100,20,"Hello")
LoadFont(1,"Arial",12,#PB_Font_Bold)
SetGadgetFont(1,FontID(1))

TextGadget(2,10,30,100,20,"Hello")
LoadFont(2,"Arial",12,#PB_Font_Italic)
SetGadgetFont(2,FontID(2))
Repeat:Until WaitWindowEvent()=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

The same code can be written as...

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#Constant1=1
#Constant2=2

OpenWindow(0,0,0,200,100,"Work Form1",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
TextGadget(#Constant1,10,10,100,20,"Hello")
SetGadgetFont(#Constant1,LoadFont(#Constant1,"Arial",12,#PB_Font_Bold))

TextGadget(#Constant2,10,30,100,20,"Hello")
SetGadgetFont(#Constant2,LoadFont(#Constant2,"Arial",12,#PB_Font_Italic))
Repeat:Until WaitWindowEvent()=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

Maybe his code snippet seemed wrong because it is out of context, you do not see the code in it's entirety.
You do not want to have duplicate Gadget constants or duplicate Font constants but a Gadget can certainly have the same constant value as a Font.

As for the "Times New Roman" font not showing in Linux, I experience the same issue as dibor when testing on Linux Mint 19 with the code FontRequester code he posted.
The font Previews fine when using the FontRequester but does not display as "Times New Roman" in the Text Gadget. (it subs it with Arial or similar)

Posted: **Sun May 24, 2020 4:01 am**

Yes you are right Paul, it's not good practice to use the same constant but there are many circumstances where it can be done.

Posted: **Sun May 24, 2020 7:10 am**

Today I can confirm this behaviour. Got the same problem now.

Apparently the shortened expression "Times" instead of "Times New Roman" is better recognized in Linux (or PB?).

ps:
Maybe a problem with spaces, because "TimesNewRoman" also works better than "Times New Roman"!

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2020 2:50 pm**

Hi.
Needs to open bug report ?

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