POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : 'can't open font file' msg. : Re: 'can't open font file' msg. Server Time
6 Sep 2024 08:11:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 'can't open font file' msg.  
From: Ken
Date: 2 Nov 1998 20:39:57
Message: <363E5EAE.C712D976@pacbell.net>
Don Juan wrote:

> I understand from the documentation that Pov-ray now allows any true
> type font to be used, and I've tried several now...ex "hippo.ttf".. The
> renderer always returns "Can't open font file" message. Is POV not
> looking in the right place, and if so can I make it do so?
> Thanks.

  Try ading a path to your font files e.g.

ttf "c:\windows\fonts\font.ttf"

Pov doesn't use the available paths the way windows does.
You could also add a library path statement to povray.ini
similar to the above.

Ken Tyler


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