0002704: Cannot change font used in dimension lines - FreeCAD Tracker

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0002704	Draft	Bug	public	2016-09-19 10:26	2017-02-17 17:58

Reporter	Giulio Buccini	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Platform	Linux 64 bit	OS	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	OS Version	4.4.0-36-generic
Product Version	0.16

Summary	0002704: Cannot change font used in dimension lines
Description	Changing the font used in dimensions lines has no effect. The change is simply ignored and the default font is used, no matter what alternative font you select in Draft preferences (and restarting FreeCAD ) or directly in the dimension-line properties. Obviously, I have double-checked that the font selected was correctly installed on my system, and available to all text/graphic programs (word-processors, 2D drawing programs, editors, etc.). I have tried different common fonts (i.e. arial, courier, etc.) as well as alternative fonts downloaded from Internet (by specifying the complete path to the .ttf file). No results, the font is ignored. No warning/error messages are printed out in the terminal console when changing the font.
Steps To Reproduce	Changing dimension properties: 1. start FreeCad 2. draw a Cube in Part workbench 3. switch to Draft workbench 4. select a face of the cube and align grid to the face 5. select the dimension tool and draw a dimension on one edge of the face 6. select the dimension line just drawn 7. change the font name in the "Font name" property by using the name of a installed font (i.e. "Arial") 8. the font used is the default one, regardless of what specified in the property Changing Draft preferences: 1. start FreeCad 2. switch to the Draft workbench 3. select Edit -> Preferences -> Draft -> Text and dimensions 4. enter the name of an installed font name (i.e. "Arial") 5. click the "Ok" button 6. restart FreeCAD 7. draw a Cube in Part workbench 8. switch to Draft workbench 9. select a face of the cube and align grid to the face 10. select the dimension tool and draw a dimension on one edge of the face 11. the font used is the default one, regardless of what specified in preferences
Additional Information	The bug is not depending on the desktop-interface used on Ubuntu (i.e. Unity or xUbuntu desktops). Also, a new Ubuntu 16.04 was installed from the scratch by a user (see reference link) but the problem is still there. The problem seems to afflict on Windows 7 also. The forum discussion is here: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13886&start=10#p137934
Tags	upstream

FreeCAD Information

Giulio Buccini 2016-09-19 10:26 reporter	FreeCAD_035.jpg (233,666 bytes) FreeCAD_035.jpg (233,666 bytes)

Giulio Buccini 2016-09-19 10:35 reporter ~0007323	A further note: deleting the two .cfg files in the .FreeCAD directory does not solve the problem.

Giulio Buccini 2016-09-20 08:26 reporter ~0007324	SOLVED! It seems to be not a bug of FreeCAD per se but a library dependency problem. It is no clear if this is a lib packaging issue of FreeCAD or Ubuntu, but forcing installation of libfontconfig1-dev from command line makes all installed fonts available on the Draft workbench: sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev Here the workaround proposed by triplus on the forum: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13886&p=138224#p138165

Giulio Buccini 2016-09-25 15:37 reporter ~0007330	By the way, I forgot to report version info: OS: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.16.6703 (Git) Build type: None Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16 Hash: 2ce5c8d2e3020d05005ed71f710e09e9aa561f40 Python version: 2.7.11+ Qt version: 4.8.7 Coin version: 4.0.0a OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

Kunda1 2017-02-02 12:46 administrator ~0008167 Last edited: 2017-02-02 12:50	~~OP has this been fixed for you?~~ Pardon, seems this is an upstream issue and that it is now remedied. Resolving ticket.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-09-19 10:26	Giulio Buccini	New Issue
2016-09-19 10:26	Giulio Buccini	File Added: FreeCAD_035.jpg
2016-09-19 10:35	Giulio Buccini	Note Added: 0007323
2016-09-20 08:26	Giulio Buccini	Note Added: 0007324
2016-09-25 15:37	Giulio Buccini	Note Added: 0007330
2017-02-02 12:46	Kunda1	Note Added: 0008167
2017-02-02 12:46	Kunda1	Assigned To	=> Kunda1
2017-02-02 12:46	Kunda1	Status	new => feedback
2017-02-02 12:48	Kunda1	Tag Attached: upstream
2017-02-02 12:50	Kunda1	Note Edited: 0008167
2017-02-02 12:51	Kunda1	Status	feedback => resolved
2017-02-02 12:51	Kunda1	Resolution	open => no change required
2017-02-02 12:51	Kunda1	Assigned To	Kunda1 =>
2017-02-02 13:23	Kunda1	Severity	feature => minor
2017-02-17 17:58	wmayer	Status	resolved => closed