[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2448: Fontconfig error with cairo on Windows

#2448: Fontconfig error with cairo on Windows
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  Reporter: annakrat | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: defect | Status: new
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0.2
Component: Display | Version: 7.0.0
Resolution: | Keywords: font, text, legend, scale bar
       CPU: Unspecified | Platform: MSWindows 8
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Comment (by hellik):

Replying to [comment:47 annakrat]:
> Replying to [comment:44 hellik]:
> > Replying to [comment:42 annakrat]:
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, no change. I wonder if the problem is something
different then permissions.
> >
> > I'm quite sure that it is a file writing permission issue in a usually
non-writeable folder (c:\Program Files\your program\folder to change
something) in win 8 and above.
> >
> > tested it on several win 7 boxes here, it works fine. unfortunately no
win 8 oder win 10 box here on my side.
>
> If you want to spend even more time on it, you can download/use windows
10 for free, and run it in virtual box. But it is not just windows 10
issue from what I've seen.

see

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2015-September/076229.html
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2015-September/076234.html

GRASS_FONT_CAP
     [g.mkfontcap, d.font, display drivers]
     specifies an alternative location (to $GISBASE/etc/fontcap) for the
font
configuration file.

this may the way to go using it in the winGRASS-installer.

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