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spencer.gregson

18 Aug, 2011 07:32 PM

Hi,

The font list doesn't include a font I loaded recently (after TileMill). I quit TileMill.app and re-started to no avail. This version (v0.4.1 a9789d4) doesn't have a .plist to trash that I could find, and I don't know another way to force it to re-index the font list. Also tried downloading and re-installing the application (same version, will bump to 0.4.2 later) to no avail.

The font it a TrueType Font, if that matters.
A possibly related issue: https://github.com/mapbox/tilelive.js/issues/6

This is a great system you guys have! Keep up the great work.

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by AJ on 19 Aug, 2011 03:13 PM

   

   The font list is indexed each time TileMill starts up; all you should have to do to see the new font is restart TileMill. TrueType fonts should work fine. Can you clarify what you mean by "loaded" - did you install the TTF(s) to your system or user font directory?

   On Mac OS X, TileMill looks for fonts in the following directories:

   /Library/Fonts
   /System/Library/Fonts
   /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
   /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
   $HOME/Library/Fonts/
   

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2. 3 Posted by spencer.gregson on 19 Aug, 2011 03:44 PM

   

   I installed it using Mac's Font Book application, which saved the file to $HOME/Library/Fonts/.

   Moving it to /Library/Fonts/ or /System/Library/Fonts/ (and re-starting TileMill) didn't affect TM's available font list...

   (attached image is file in original location in Finder)

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3. Support Staff 4 Posted by Dane on 19 Aug, 2011 04:27 PM

   

   Spencer,

   Keep in mind that "Din" will likely not show up in TileMill's font list, but rather the face names within it. If you don't see them, can you email me the font to test with? dane at developmentseed.org.

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4. 5 Posted by spencer.gregson on 19 Aug, 2011 04:46 PM

   

   Problem solved.

   DIN didn't sort strictly alphabetically because it's face name is all-caps. (ie: DIN, Deco, DejaVu, Didot)
   This is a little confusing (different from how Font Book / OSX) orders the fonts, but I don't know that it's really a bug.

   Thanks!

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5. Will White closed this discussion on 21 Aug, 2011 01:47 AM.

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