windows font

[andrea993]

Can I import to symbian a text font of windows, for a my application?
it is legal or is there a copyright?

Thanks
Regards A993

[mvuori]

All fonts that come with Windows are copyrighted, so distributing them with your application would be illegal.

[andrea993]

All fonts that come with Windows are copyrighted, so distributing them with your application would be illegal.

and a free font downloaded from the web?

[petrib]

and a free font downloaded from the web?

Depends on what the copyright holder of that font says. When you download a free font from the web, make sure it is really free (who owns the rights to the font, and has the rights to declare it as free, and not just a font someone has taken from somewhere and is redistributing without really knowing or caring of ownership).

[Tslv]

How can I use a font from Windows in the app for Symbian phone?
I have created a new project and my target is Symbian. When I choose MainPage.wml and I switch to Designer I can change Font of the Hello world Text element. When I run the app in simulator or on the phone the font is resetted to the default one.
How can I force the phone to use my font?

[andrea993]

You should load the font file (ttf) with QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont() then you can use it.

[Tslv]

Hi Andrea,
Thanks for your reply. I have been playing with this today but unfortunately I didn't manage to make it work. I get the error
"FT_New_Face failed with index 0 : 1 "

Here is what I did:
1.Inside my project I have created "fonts" directory and I have copied my font to it. In my case it was "BRUSHSCI.TTF"
2. I have edited main.cpp file. I have added
QFontDatabase fontDatabase;
fontDatabase.addApplicationFont("/fonts/BRUSHSCI");
3. In the MainPage.qml I have added font.family: "Brush Script MT" property to the Text element

Did I miss something?

[Tslv]

Did I miss something?

[andrea993]

If you insert a folder in a project it isn't copied in the phone.
You can insert the font file in a resource.

You can also use addApplicationFont() as a static method.

[Tslv]

Hi Andrea,
I have created a resource file and I have inserted the file "BRUSHSCI.TTF".
I have changed line in mail.cpp
fontDatabase.addApplicationFont(":/fonts/BRUSHSCI.TTF");

Do you know how can I access the font from within QML file? I want to change the font of the text element.
In the MainPage.qml I have added font.family: "Brush Script MT" property to the Text element. Unfortunately when I run the code in simulator I still get the default font
Thanks