[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1752: Font label settings not working on OS X

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#1752: Font label settings not working on OS X
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        Reporter:  jctull                            |         Owner:  telwertowski        
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  closed              
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.6.0       
       Component:  Symbology                         |       Version:  Trunk               
      Resolution:  fixed                             |      Keywords:  font label symbology
Platform_version:  10.5+                             |      Platform:  OS X                
        Must_fix:  Yes                               |   Status_info:  0                   
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Changes (by kyngchaos):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 Verified that the DontUseNativeDialog Qt bug is fixed in 4.7.1, so Qgis
 can force the Qt font dialog starting with Qt 4.7.1.  r15323 forces the Qt
 font dialog for Qt Cocoa.  With Qt 4.5-4.6 it will try, though generally
 fail, to do so, but that's all it can do.

 Font selection is still problematic, though it's also probably a Qt bug.
 But I think I now have the pattern for what fonts can't be used.  Although
 all fonts can be selected in the Qt font dialog, some display with the
 default font (ie Helvetica).  These include all non-roman OTF fonts, like
 CJK and symbol fonts.  some examples:

  * Hiragino family (system), Japanese
  * Wingdings family (system), symbol
  * any of the CJK OTF fonts bundled with Adobe software

 CJK/symbol fonts that work because they're TT or PS fonts:

  * Carta PS
  * Osaka (system), Japanese
  * other CJK TT fonts from the system
  * other language fonts in the system (Cyrillic, ...)
  * ESRI symbol fonts

 Closing as fixed, though it's only fixed as far as it can be within QGIS
 (dialog only for Qt 4.7.1+, font display works within limits).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1752#comment:19>
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