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: This appears to be a Windows XP/2003 issue. I found the following German article that explains what is going on: http://www.daniel-weber.eu/2016/01/visual-studio-2015-funktion-stat-inkompatibel-mit-windows-xp2003/. I have implemented the purposed fix on my local machine and got it working on Windows 2003 again. The next version of Magick.NET will include a fix for this. Thank you so much for assisting me to track down the issue.
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: This appears to be a Windows XP/2003 issue. I found the following German article that explains what is going on: http://www.daniel-weber.eu/2016/01/visual-studio-2015-funktion-stat-inkompatibel-mit-windows-xp2003/. I have implemented the purposed fix on my local machine and got it working on Windows 2003 again. The next version of Magick.NET will include a fix for this. Thank you so much for assisting me to track down the issue.