Tkinter font problem with Edgy

[abovett]

Hi

Having some problems with a Python/Tkinter program under Edgy. Under Dapper, this works:

self.font = tkFont.Font( family="Bitstream Vera Sans",
size=48,
weight=tkFont.BOLD,
slant=tkFont.ITALIC )
but under Edgy it dosn't (I get a default - serif'd - font).

Anyone know why?

I noticed that xlsfonts | grep -i vera does not return anything under Edgy but does under Dapper - is this connected?

Cheers

Andy B

[dwblas]

The first pass would suggest that you don't have it installed. Use Synaptic to search for ttf-bitstream-vera and see if it is installled. I think that's what you want, but not really sure.

[abovett]

The first pass would suggest that you don't have it installed.
Thanks, but no - it's installed:

[andrew@jupiter ~]$ aptitude search ttf-bitstream-vera
i ttf-bitstream-vera - The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType
Other programs (e.g. OpenOffice) can access it OK. Any other ideas?

[abovett]

*bump*

[dwblas]

You have to have xfs installed to use a truetype font. See if Synaptic says that it is installed.