[reportlab-users] Exceptions raised for a png file

[Robin Becker]

In article <hcjpgcA124D9EwQj@jessikat.demon.co.uk>, Robin Becker
<robin@reportlab.com> writes
>In article <20020618145336.7560.qmail@web14103.mail.yahoo.com>, diane
>eklou <didiyao2000@yahoo.fr> writes
>>Hi,
>>I want to generate a "png" file but an exception is
>>raised:
>>Warn: Can't find .pfb for face 'Times-Roman'
>..........
>>reportlab.graphics.renderPM.RenderPMError: Can't
>>setFont(Times-Roman) missing the T1 files?
>>Originally exceptions.TypeError: makeT1Font() argument
>>2 must be string, not None
>>
>>Somebody can tell me why ???
>>thanks
>>--Yao
>.....
>the error message says it exactly. If you need to generate the
>postscript curves for the built in fonts (or any other T1 font for that
>matter) you need more than just the acrobat reader. It may be that
>you've installed acrobat reader for windows in some non-standard place
>so that we don't know where to look or you may be running on a platform
>where we don't know.
>
>You can get the pfb's for the standard things from www.adobe.com. When
>you get acrobat reader for windows it normally comes with a whole bunch
>of .pdf files.
    .pfb  I meant :)

>
>If those files are already on you system you can let ReportLab know
>about it by editing the T1SearchPath variable in reportlab/rl_config.py.
>
>If you download the files you can always put them in reportlab/fonts.

-- 
Robin Becker