Font rendering scripts fail to execute.

The scripts which use fonts from the “fonts” folder included in examples, fail to execute. It raises IOError - unknown file format.

Display: pcd8544
Interface: spi
Dimensions: 128 x 64
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "welcome.py", line 233, in <module>
    main()
  File "welcome.py", line 198, in main
    fonts = [make_font("code2000.ttf", sz) for sz in range(24, 8, -2)]
  File "welcome.py", line 121, in make_font
    return ImageFont.truetype(font_path, size)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 238, in truetype
    return FreeTypeFont(font, size, index, encoding)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 127, in __init__
    self.font = core.getfont(font, size, index, encoding)
IOError: unknown file format

It seems, imagefont is unable to load fonts from anywhere else except the default folders, i.e - “/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/” After copying the individual fonts to the above mentioned folder, the script works flawlessly, also the provided “code2000.ttf” font is corrupt, I downloaded a fresh copy of the “code2000.ttf” from internet , after copying to the default folder , it works.

[ghost]

Thanks a lot!, it works after getting the fresh repository. I downloaded the zip file instead of cloning this time(seems like some connection problem or git problem) , and everything works correctly. Also I had to install the pygame through apt-get : $ sudo apt-get install python-pygame Installing through the default installer script generates error, “sdl-config” not found.

Also in pcd8544.conf the default SPI speed is 32Mhz , but with this setting the display remains blank , it works upto a max of 8Mhz.

[thijstriemstra]

Hmm… Ubuntu 16.04, latest git master for examples:

$ ls -l ../luma.examples/examples/fonts/
total 8700
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   49432 feb 27 23:59 C&C Red Alert [INET].ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs 8377000 feb 27 23:59 code2000.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   85484 feb 27 23:59 creep.bdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs  165548 mrt 15 21:37 fontawesome-webfont.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   64880 feb 27 23:59 FreePixel.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   23280 feb 27 23:59 miscfs_.ttf
-rwxrwxr-x 1 thijs thijs   22184 feb 27 23:59 pixelmix.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   35656 feb 27 23:59 ProggyTiny.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs    2847 feb 27 23:59 README [INET].txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs    6656 feb 27 23:59 tiny.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 thijs thijs   55580 feb 27 23:59 Volter__28Goldfish_29.ttf