Thanks, please could you verify that there is a bug report in our bug tracker that matches this problem, or add a new one if there isn't?
We have several font-related bugs that cause crashes so my guess is that this is another example of one of them, but you would be best to check it. Please include as much info as possible (including where the problem font can be obtained for testing.)
Bryce
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:20:26PM +0300, smpuj@...1643... wrote:
I have found that inkscape crashes when opening file dialog (File->Open, Save, ...) if sans-serif font is a bitmap font. I did tests with freetype 2.2.[01], fontconfig 2.4.2, pango 1.15.5 and inkscape 4.43 and svn, but this is old bug. I have tracked down using gdb that this happens when application calls 'pango_ft2_font_get_face(pFont)' in function 'font_instance::InitTheFace()' in file 'src/libnrtype/FontInstance.cpp'. This happens not every time but only with bad 'pFont' parameter, so application can start but crashes with 'internal error' when opening file dialog. It doesn't write to console anything usefull. To test this, in file '~/.fonts.conf' add
<alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer> <family>Helvetica</family> </prefer> </alias> in '<fontconfig></fontconfig>' section (and chech that 'fc-match sans' says 'Helvetiva').