Phindows 2.00 problem

I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14 via TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

Check the knowledge base for “Phindows Font Issues”

In short,
Some of the fonts available in qnx4 are not available for use
with phindows (licensing issues restrict us from transmitting them)

Kevin Miller wrote:

I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14 via TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

Yes, that is the problem.

Is it possible for us to purchase licenses for the fonts at issue, and, if
so, who would we contact?

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

“Garry Turcotte” <garry@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:bbkrg8$7hg$1@nntp.qnx.com

Check the knowledge base for “Phindows Font Issues”

In short,
Some of the fonts available in qnx4 are not available for use
with phindows (licensing issues restrict us from transmitting them)

Kevin Miller wrote:
I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14 via
TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being
displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any
ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Miller <kevin.miller@transcore.com> wrote:

Yes, that is the problem.

Is it possible for us to purchase licenses for the fonts at issue, and, if
so, who would we contact?

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

Bitstream. If this is your application, you can restrict
it to use bitmap fonts only (Helvetica, Courier, Lucida).
IIRC, run fontcfg … all the bitmap fonts have a ‘P’ icon beside
the name in the fontdir index listing, while the PFRs (ones
causing the problems) have a ‘B’ icon beside the name.

Regards.

“Garry Turcotte” <> garry@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:bbkrg8$7hg$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Check the knowledge base for “Phindows Font Issues”

In short,
Some of the fonts available in qnx4 are not available for use
with phindows (licensing issues restrict us from transmitting them)

Kevin Miller wrote:
I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14 via
TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being
displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any
ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

The two fonts that I need are Helvetica 20 bold, and Helvetica 48.
Apparently these sizes do not ship with Photon, so they get translated into
Swiss, which can’t be used with Phindows

If I could purchase or otherwise acquire these fonts in fixed, Photon
format, I would be home free. Any advice as to how I might accomplish this?

Thanks

Kevin

“Derek Leach” <dleach@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:bblb4m$ogc$1@nntp.qnx.com

Kevin Miller <> kevin.miller@transcore.com> > wrote:
Yes, that is the problem.

Is it possible for us to purchase licenses for the fonts at issue, and,
if
so, who would we contact?

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

Bitstream. If this is your application, you can restrict
it to use bitmap fonts only (Helvetica, Courier, Lucida).
IIRC, run fontcfg … all the bitmap fonts have a ‘P’ icon beside
the name in the fontdir index listing, while the PFRs (ones
causing the problems) have a ‘B’ icon beside the name.

Regards.

“Garry Turcotte” <> garry@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:bbkrg8$7hg$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Check the knowledge base for “Phindows Font Issues”

In short,
Some of the fonts available in qnx4 are not available for use
with phindows (licensing issues restrict us from transmitting them)

Kevin Miller wrote:
I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron
8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14 via
TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being
displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any
ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

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Helvetica is owned by Linotype. I went to their website and purchased a copy
in TrueType format. I then installed it on both the Windows machine and on
the QNX machine. It displays just fine under Photon, but still does not
display using Phindows on the Windows computer. Can this scheme be made to
work? The license for Helvetica is for 5 machines, so there is nothing
underhanded going on here.

Thanks,

Kevin

“Kevin Miller” <kevin.miller@transcore.com> wrote in message
news:bbljst$5ej$1@nntp.qnx.com

The two fonts that I need are Helvetica 20 bold, and Helvetica 48.
Apparently these sizes do not ship with Photon, so they get translated
into
Swiss, which can’t be used with Phindows

If I could purchase or otherwise acquire these fonts in fixed, Photon
format, I would be home free. Any advice as to how I might accomplish
this?

Thanks

Kevin

“Derek Leach” <> dleach@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:bblb4m$ogc$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Kevin Miller <> kevin.miller@transcore.com> > wrote:
Yes, that is the problem.

Is it possible for us to purchase licenses for the fonts at issue,
and,
if
so, who would we contact?

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

Bitstream. If this is your application, you can restrict
it to use bitmap fonts only (Helvetica, Courier, Lucida).
IIRC, run fontcfg … all the bitmap fonts have a ‘P’ icon beside
the name in the fontdir index listing, while the PFRs (ones
causing the problems) have a ‘B’ icon beside the name.

Regards.

“Garry Turcotte” <> garry@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:bbkrg8$7hg$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Check the knowledge base for “Phindows Font Issues”

In short,
Some of the fonts available in qnx4 are not available for use
with phindows (licensing issues restrict us from transmitting them)

Kevin Miller wrote:
I am running Phindows 2.00 under Windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron
8200
laptop. I am connecting to a PC running QNX 4.25 with Photon 1.14
via
TCP/IP
over a 10mbs Ethernet connection.

The problem is that the text within certain widgets is not being
displayed.
In particular the text labels on button widgets do not display. Any
ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin



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Ian Zagorskih <ianzag@megasignal.com> wrote:

Kevin Miller wrote:

Helvetica is owned by Linotype. I went to their website and purchased a
copy in TrueType format. I then installed it on both the Windows machine
and on the QNX machine. It displays just fine under Photon, but still does
not display using Phindows on the Windows computer. Can this scheme be
made to work? The license for Helvetica is for 5 machines, so there is
nothing underhanded going on here.

Thanks,

Kevin

One little problem: phindows dosn’t support TrueType fonts > :slight_smile: > AFAIU. At
least with 1.20 and 2.0 beta it was so.

Actually, you can use only bitmap fonts.

// wbr

TrueType? On QNX4? Not an officially released fontserver, though they
shipped it for convenience (not very stable either). Since you already
forked out for the TTF, you can go to www.freetype.org, and d/load the
distribution. It has an utility call ttf2bdf, or something like that.
Create you .bdf files for the point sizes you desire @ 72dpi. Then use
bdf_2_phf to create your .phf font files. So, here is the process:

helv.ttf → helv24.bdf and helv48.bdf
helv*.bdf → helv*.phf

This should get you going. Check to see if you license allows you
to create bitmap fonts from that TTF though.

Regards.

Kevin Miller wrote:

Helvetica is owned by Linotype. I went to their website and purchased a
copy in TrueType format. I then installed it on both the Windows machine
and on the QNX machine. It displays just fine under Photon, but still does
not display using Phindows on the Windows computer. Can this scheme be
made to work? The license for Helvetica is for 5 machines, so there is
nothing underhanded going on here.

Thanks,

Kevin

One little problem: phindows dosn’t support TrueType fonts :slight_smile: AFAIU. At
least with 1.20 and 2.0 beta it was so.

Actually, you can use only bitmap fonts.

// wbr