[reportlab-users] Font finding issue in CGI vs. command-line scripts

Dinu Gherman reportlab-users@reportlab.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:53:31 +0200


Robin Becker:

> .... Dinu the only thing I can think of is that the cgi script has
> differing permissions ie is user nobody and perhaps cannot see the
>
>         /Users/dinu/Library/Fonts
>
> directory.

A sensible thing to check (permissions always are). But my private
font directory is readable for all users... Well, this will remain
a bit of a mystery, then...

Of course, the question remains if the renderers *really* need to
set fonts, even in case they won't be needed at all?

Dinu

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