[MacPorts] #34072: gnuplot & gd: Could not find/open font when opening font "arial"

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#34072: gnuplot & gd: Could not find/open font when opening font "arial"
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 Reporter:  mojca.miklavec.lists@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                          |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                          |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                           |     Version:  2.0.4                                
 Keywords:                                  |        Port:  gnuplot                              
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Comment(by mojca.miklavec.lists@…):

 Using the latest gd2 and gnuplot from macports doesn't change anything.

 I have Arial.ttf at the following two locations:
 {{{
 /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Arial.ttf
 /Library/Fonts Disabled/Arial.ttf
 }}}
 Maybe the main difference between your and my mac is location of
 Arial.ttf.

 I realized that the problem goes away if I use
 {{{
 export GDFONTPATH=/Library/Fonts/Microsoft
 }}}
 before running Gnuplot (but output of show fontpath doesn't change even if
 I change GDFONTPATH). The behaviour is "confirmed" on an "almost clean"
 mac where "set term png" doesn't complain at all, but on that machine the
 font is under /Library/Fonts without any subfolder. Most likely Microsoft
 Office has moved Arial.ttf under /Library/Fonts Disabled/.

 Yet another reason why using fontconfig for gd2 would help.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34072#comment:5>
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