Wine font problem

[photolinux]

I have been having this problem with programs running in wine (image attached).

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2627/screenshotwineconfiguratj5.png (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

Any thoughts as to what is going on and how to fix it?

[cwsnyder]

This is a thought, maybe worthless, but did you try with Arial/Times Roman or one of the Windows TTF fonts instead of a Linux font?

[Kellemora]

Hi PL

Often when this occurs, users are finding TWO COPIES of the SAME FONT loaded in to usable places on their computers.

This happens when like you already had some fonts installed and then after the fact installed the mstcorefonts into a different folder.

In my case, I make SURE I have NO FONTS inside of the .wine/Drive_C/Windows/Fonts folder, it's completely EMPTY.

IF you have made a hidden fonts folder in your home directory, usually at /home/user/.fonts MOVE those fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype first.

Now, go through ALL of your fonts, if you installed msttypefonts they will reside in their own folder. It's OK to move them if you want to into the main fonts folder.

What you are looking for are two fonts that are the same FONT.
This can be TRICKY because you can NAME a font anything you want to. Windows fonts are sometimes named using only numbers as the file name, sometimes abbreviations, sometimes by whole names.
Sometimes a font is loaded from a program you installed also! It may be named MM86475.ttf and you already have brazio_7.ttf, which just happens to be the exact same FONT, just filed under a different name.
FWIW: In Windows, this would CRASH the working Fonts folder!
In Linux, rather than a crash, you get EACH font being displayed, yet offset by a few pica's, at the same time.

This may NOT be what is causing your problem, as several others have experienced this problem and it was a double font issue, just the fact that a DEFAULT font was being used in place of the font that should be used.

And sorry, I don't remember right off hand which FILE does the substitutions anymore. If you check some of the older posts, they may tell you.

Nonetheless, keep a sharp eye out for double fonts as it do cause problems!

TTUL
Gary

[photolinux]

This is a thought, maybe worthless, but did you try with Arial/Times Roman or one of the Windows TTF fonts instead of a Linux font?
Is there a way to switch to different fonts in Wine? I have not found a font setting, perhaps because I am looking in the wrong place?




Hi PL

Often when this occurs, users are finding TWO COPIES of the SAME FONT loaded in to usable places on their computers.

This happens when like you already had some fonts installed and then after the fact installed the mstcorefonts into a different folder.

In my case, I make SURE I have NO FONTS inside of the .wine/Drive_C/Windows/Fonts folder, it's completely EMPTY.

IF you have made a hidden fonts folder in your home directory, usually at /home/user/.fonts MOVE those fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype first.

Now, go through ALL of your fonts, if you installed msttypefonts they will reside in their own folder. It's OK to move them if you want to into the main fonts folder.

What you are looking for are two fonts that are the same FONT.
This can be TRICKY because you can NAME a font anything you want to. Windows fonts are sometimes named using only numbers as the file name, sometimes abbreviations, sometimes by whole names.
Sometimes a font is loaded from a program you installed also! It may be named MM86475.ttf and you already have brazio_7.ttf, which just happens to be the exact same FONT, just filed under a different name.
FWIW: In Windows, this would CRASH the working Fonts folder!
In Linux, rather than a crash, you get EACH font being displayed, yet offset by a few pica's, at the same time.

This may NOT be what is causing your problem, as several others have experienced this problem and it was a double font issue, just the fact that a DEFAULT font was being used in place of the font that should be used.

And sorry, I don't remember right off hand which FILE does the substitutions anymore. If you check some of the older posts, they may tell you.

Nonetheless, keep a sharp eye out for double fonts as it do cause problems!

TTUL
Gary

I checked both .wine/Drive_C/Windows/Fonts and /home/user/.fonts, and they are both empty. I do have msttypefonts installed.
How would I proceed to check to see if double fonts are installed?

[Kellemora]

Hi PL

Inside the TrueType folder, there should be several fonts in there, plus you will have your folder for msttcorefonts.

You can download from Synaptic a tool called Font Viewer, this will let you see the REAL NAMES of the Fonts, not just the File name they are stored under.

Also, there are a couple of other things that have been causing smeared fonts in Wine, so you may want to check out that too!

TTUL
Gary

[photolinux]

Here are all my fonts in truetype:


*@*-desktop:/usr/share/fonts/truetype$ ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype -r *
/usr/share/fonts/truetype:
uralic ttf-indic-fonts-core thai kochi
unfonts ttf-dejavu openoffice freefont
ttf-liberation ttf-bitstream-vera msttcorefonts arphic
ttf-lao ttf-arabeyes latex-xft-fonts

uralic:
schou___.ttf sansub__.ttf romaui__.ttf monou___.ttf bookui__.ttf
schoui__.ttf sansubi_.ttf romaub__.ttf gothu___.ttf bookub__.ttf
schoub__.ttf sanscu__.ttf pallu___.ttf gothub__.ttf
sansu___.ttf sanscub_.ttf pallui__.ttf chanui__.ttf
sansui__.ttf romau___.ttf pallub__.ttf booku___.ttf

unfonts:
UnDotum.ttf UnDotumBold.ttf UnBatang.ttf UnBatangBold.ttf

ttf-liberation:
LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
LiberationSerif-Italic.ttf LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf
LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf LiberationMono-Italic.ttf
LiberationSans-Regular.ttf LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
LiberationSans-Italic.ttf LiberationMono-BoldItalic.ttf

ttf-lao:
Phetsarath_OT.ttf

ttf-indic-fonts-core:
Vemana.ttf MuktiNarrow.ttf Malige-b.ttf lohit_hi.ttf
utkal.ttf MuktiNarrowBold.ttf lohit_ta.ttf lohit_gu.ttf
Rachana_04.ttf Malige-n.ttf lohit_pa.ttf

ttf-dejavu:
DejaVuSerif.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf DejaVuSansMono.ttf DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf

ttf-bitstream-vera:
Vera.ttf VeraSeBd.ttf VeraMoIt.ttf VeraMoBd.ttf VeraBI.ttf
VeraSe.ttf VeraMono.ttf VeraMoBI.ttf VeraIt.ttf VeraBd.ttf

ttf-arabeyes:
ae_Tholoth.ttf ae_Ostorah.ttf ae_Japan.ttf ae_Arab.ttf
ae_Tarablus.ttf ae_Nice.ttf ae_Hor.ttf ae_AlYarmook.ttf
ae_Sindbad.ttf ae_Nagham.ttf ae_Haramain.ttf ae_AlMothnna-Bold.ttf
ae_Sharjah.ttf ae_Nada.ttf ae_Hani.ttf ae_AlMohanad.ttf
ae_Shado.ttf ae_Metal.ttf ae_Graph.ttf ae_AlMateen-Bold.ttf
ae_Salem.ttf ae_Mashq.ttf ae_Granada.ttf ae_AlManzomah.ttf
ae_Rehan.ttf ae_Mashq-Bold.ttf ae_Furat.ttf ae_AlHor.ttf
ae_Rasheeq-Bold.ttf ae_Khalid.ttf ae_Electron.ttf ae_AlBattar.ttf
ae_Petra.ttf ae_Kayrawan.ttf ae_Dimnah.ttf ae_AlArabiya.ttf
ae_Ouhod-Bold.ttf ae_Jet.ttf ae_Cortoba.ttf

thai:
Waree.ttf Sawasdee.ttf
Waree-Oblique.ttf SawasdeeOblique.ttf
Waree-Bold.ttf SawasdeeBold.ttf
Waree-BoldOblique.ttf SawasdeeBoldOblique.ttf
Umpush.ttf Purisa.ttf
Umpush-Oblique.ttf Norasi.ttf
Umpush-Light.ttf Norasi-Oblique.ttf
Umpush-LightOblique.ttf Norasi-Italic.ttf
Umpush-Bold.ttf Norasi-Bold.ttf
Umpush-BoldOblique.ttf Norasi-BoldOblique.ttf
TlwgTypo.ttf Norasi-BoldItalic.ttf
TlwgTypo-Oblique.ttf Loma.ttf
TlwgTypo-Bold.ttf Loma-Oblique.ttf
TlwgTypo-BoldOblique.ttf Loma-Bold.ttf
TlwgTypist.ttf Loma-BoldOblique.ttf
TlwgTypist-Oblique.ttf Kinnari.ttf
TlwgTypist-Bold.ttf Kinnari-Oblique.ttf
TlwgTypist-BoldOblique.ttf Kinnari-Italic.ttf
TlwgTypewriter.ttf Kinnari-Bold.ttf
TlwgTypewriter-Oblique.ttf Kinnari-BoldOblique.ttf
TlwgTypewriter-Bold.ttf Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf
TlwgTypewriter-BoldOblique.ttf Garuda.ttf
TlwgMono.ttf Garuda-Oblique.ttf
TlwgMono-Oblique.ttf Garuda-Bold.ttf
TlwgMono-Bold.ttf Garuda-BoldOblique.ttf
TlwgMono-BoldOblique.ttf

openoffice:
opens___.ttf

msttcorefonts:
Webdings.ttf georgia.ttf
webdings.ttf georgiai.ttf
verdanaz.ttf Georgia_Italic.ttf
Verdana.ttf georgiab.ttf
verdana.ttf Georgia_Bold.ttf
verdanai.ttf Georgia_Bold_Italic.ttf
Verdana_Italic.ttf cour.ttf
verdanab.ttf couri.ttf
Verdana_Bold.ttf Courier_New.ttf
Verdana_Bold_Italic.ttf Courier_New_Italic.ttf
trebuc.ttf Courier_New_Bold.ttf
trebucit.ttf Courier_New_Bold_Italic.ttf
Trebuchet_MS.ttf courbi.ttf
Trebuchet_MS_Italic.ttf courbd.ttf
Trebuchet_MS_Bold.ttf comic.ttf
Trebuchet_MS_Bold_Italic.ttf Comic_Sans_MS.ttf
trebucbi.ttf Comic_Sans_MS_Bold.ttf
trebucbd.ttf comicbd.ttf
times.ttf ariblk.ttf
Times_New_Roman.ttf Arial.ttf
Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf arial.ttf
Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf ariali.ttf
Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf Arial_Italic.ttf
timesi.ttf Arial_Bold.ttf
timesbi.ttf Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf
timesbd.ttf Arial_Black.ttf
Impact.ttf arialbi.ttf
impact.ttf arialbd.ttf
georgiaz.ttf andalemo.ttf
Georgia.ttf Andale_Mono.ttf






Does this information give any clues to my problem?

[Gcottrell]

I'm having the same problem with my wine installation. I can't even run the "Configure Wine" program. Mine shows no fonts at all, and some times garbled fonts.

[4Orbs]

This fixed it for me.

ADD THIS code to your .wine user.reg file to fix font smearing of the wine configuration gui.


[Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver] 1227050429
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"
"DXGrab"="Y"
"Managed"="Y"

[Gcottrell]

This fixed it for me.

ADD THIS code to your .wine user.reg file to fix font smearing of the wine configuration gui.


[Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver] 1227050429
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"
"DXGrab"="Y"
"Managed"="Y"



I did that, and still had no luck,. I may delete my .wine folder, and start my windows program install over,. which I'm bummed about because I have WOW working, and the download install takes forever,.

[photolinux]

I'm having the same problem with my wine installation. I can't even run the "Configure Wine" program. Mine shows no fonts at all, and some times garbled fonts.


Perhaps you could attach a screen shot?


This fixed it for me.

ADD THIS code to your .wine user.reg file to fix font smearing of the wine configuration gui.


[Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver] 1227050429
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"
"DXGrab"="Y"
"Managed"="Y"

This fixed it for me, thanks!

Thanks you everyone for your help!

[bboston7]

Do you have an older nvidea card? The old nvidea drivers are also known to cause that problem. Try disableing the propriatary drivers.

[keeneye]

4Orbs...

Thanks for this - my Wine Configuration is now showing actual text. Next step, configure my application.

Thanks!!
Ed

[DaveRowell]

Hey guy! Thanks for the tip. It seems to have made the difference - now I can see something!

Again thanks.

Dave Rowell