Using the code below works fine on windows 2008 and above but on windows 2003 the call to Annotate generates a warning in the debug log and no text is written on the image
unable to read font `c:\windows\arial.ttf' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1177. (Note the path should be c:\windows\fonts...)
changing the font to have a full path to the font file does not help and produces
unable to read font `c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\arial.ttf' @ warning/annotate.c/RenderType/917.
unable to read font `c:\windows\arial.ttf' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1177.
```
Using d As MagickImage = New MagickImage("c:\temp\1.jpg")
d.Debug = True
d.Font = "arial"
d.FillColor = New MagickColor(Drawing.Color.White)
d.FontPointsize = 25
d.TextUnderColor = New MagickColor(Drawing.Color.Red)
d.Annotate("Anon", Gravity.Southeast)
d.Format = MagickFormat.Jpeg
d.CompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.JPEG
d.Quality = 90
d.Interlace = Interlace.NoInterlace
d.Write("c:\temp\2.jpg")
End Using
```
The same happens with all fonts I tried
Comments: Have you tried cariel.ttf to a test directory and use the full path to that directory? I don't have a Windows 2003 machine where I can reproduce this on. Could you add a link to a debug log (https://magick.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Detailed%20debug%20information&referringTitle=Documentation) so I can get a bit more information? Feel free to contact me through CodePlex if you don't want to publicly share this information.
unable to read font `c:\windows\arial.ttf' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1177. (Note the path should be c:\windows\fonts...)
changing the font to have a full path to the font file does not help and produces
unable to read font `c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\arial.ttf' @ warning/annotate.c/RenderType/917.
unable to read font `c:\windows\arial.ttf' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1177.
```
Using d As MagickImage = New MagickImage("c:\temp\1.jpg")
d.Debug = True
d.Font = "arial"
d.FillColor = New MagickColor(Drawing.Color.White)
d.FontPointsize = 25
d.TextUnderColor = New MagickColor(Drawing.Color.Red)
d.Annotate("Anon", Gravity.Southeast)
d.Format = MagickFormat.Jpeg
d.CompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.JPEG
d.Quality = 90
d.Interlace = Interlace.NoInterlace
d.Write("c:\temp\2.jpg")
End Using
```
The same happens with all fonts I tried
Comments: Have you tried cariel.ttf to a test directory and use the full path to that directory? I don't have a Windows 2003 machine where I can reproduce this on. Could you add a link to a debug log (https://magick.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Detailed%20debug%20information&referringTitle=Documentation) so I can get a bit more information? Feel free to contact me through CodePlex if you don't want to publicly share this information.