Font - the font is not displayed at the player

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Hey All,

thank you for making xibo :slight_smile:

At the moment, i’m testing a xibo installation for replacing our digital signage system.

Today i try to add a new font.
This is what i do:

  • upload the fontfiles to Media Library (font.otf)
  • i created a layout with text and a choose the font from the editor.
  • the preview in the cms displays the fon correctly

update: in the menu moduls -> there is by font a “X” at assignable. does this matter to my problem?

But the client just show an other font. and not “my” font.

Here the Versions:
CMS Version 1.8.11
Client 1.8.10

I searched for the problem here and in the internet … but i can’t find a solution.

i hope you can help me.

thank you
Thomas

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okay … i read … and i try something.

if i do this

@font-face { font-family: fontname; src: url(32.otf); }

the url is the ID of the font file in the library … so i can use the font.
this is okay for me … but if a user create a new layout without any html / css knowledge … they could’t change the font on this way.

did you have a solution for this problem?

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You are welcome to send me a copy of the font file to test on my Xibo setup if you would like. If you would like to do so, please upload the font and send me a Private message with a link to access the file.

Many Thanks.

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hi dan

i send you a message

thank you :slight_smile:

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Thank you for providing the Font Files for testing.

When attempting to import the Fonts into my Library, all but 3 returned an error stating that the Font is not Embeddable due to its Permissions. Xibo will check that it has permission to use the Fonts before allowing them to be uploaded to your Library. Font Files require an OS/2 Flags of 0 and/or 8 to be used within Xibo.

The 3 Fonts that I could import and use within Xibo were all displayed correctly on the Android Player. Unfortunately, the Windows player does not support these Fonts. As you have found, using CSS is an alternative method for using the Fonts, my apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Many Thanks.

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thank you for testing and the explanation. :slight_smile:
so i will try to use css.

in the last days, … i saw that sometimes if i open a layout the css tag with the font is deleted in the editor.
do you have an explanation for this behavior?

bb thomas