[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2448: Fontconfig error with cairo on Windows

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#2448: Fontconfig error with cairo on Windows
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  Reporter:  annakrat     |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  7.0.2
 Component:  Display      |    Version:  7.0.0
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  font, text, legend, scale bar
       CPU:  Unspecified  |   Platform:  MSWindows 8
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Comment (by wenzeslaus):

 Replying to [comment:42 annakrat]:
 > Replying to [comment:41 hellik]:
 > > I've done some research, file permissions changed a lot between
 Windows versions (7,8,10).
 >
 > Unfortunately, no change. I wonder if the problem is something different
 then permissions. The problem is I don't get any error during
 installation. Maybe we could print more messages during the font
 configuration? Thanks for all the work on this.

 What about that hardcoding of some fonts for MS Windows into a MS Windows
 specific file? This is a great workaround and I have no idea how it should
 be done but it seems that it is appropriate on a platform where API is
 changing often and is under-documented.

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