Problem with fonts in P7Napper

[GarryB]

I can't get a Windows video downloader app called P7Napper to show text properly. It uses the Microsoft Sans Serif and Verdana fonts.

Here is a screen dump of what I get:

http://grapevine.com.au/~brooke01/P7Nap ... n_WINE.png

I have used Winetricks to download allfonts. However, that didn't fix the problem.

The all fonts pack was missing Microsoft Sans Serif.ttf. So, I copied that file from the OS X fonts folder to c:\windows\fonts but no better result (also tried renaming to micross.ttf but no better result).

In case it would help, I tried adding a new text key to the External Fonts item in the Windows Registry but, I can't get Registry Editor to save changes to the Registry. Well anyway, my new entry was gone when I went back later on.

I just can't figure this one out. Can anyone help ?

Garry

[doh123]

I don't know if the OSX font will work... have you tried getting the correct Font from Windows?

[GarryB]

The real problem seems to be with Verdana. Verdana 8.25pt is used in the rich text boxes while MS San Serif is only used in the window title. Nonetheless, I copied in a Windows native MS San Serif.ttf and added an external link to the OS X file in the Windows Registry. Still gibberish.

There is a copy of Verdana in c:\windows/fonts that came with the allfonts Winetricks script. There are also a number of Windows registry entries which look fine to me.

I'm still getting gibberish.

I'll try a Windows native copy of verdana.ttf. That might be better than the WineTricks version.

Cheers.

Garry

[GarryB]

Well, that was a bust too. I copied in a Windows native verdana.ttf file (to replace the file provided by WineTricks). Still, I just get gibberish.

I'm stumped.

Garry

[dimesio]

Check the wineprefix's fonts directory for any strange fonts--ones you didn't install. Sometimes one app will install a font that will get picked up as the default by other apps in the same wineprefix.