Problem attaching .TTF Font to Assets

[japeral]

Gd2asset is throwing the following error when a try to attach a .TTF font:

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "c:\python27\scripts\gd2asset", line 5, in <module>

   pkg_resources.run_script('gameduino2==0.1.2', 'gd2asset')

 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 534, in run_script

 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 1441, in run_script

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 121, in <module>



 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\gameduino2\prep.py", line 426, in make

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 92, in addall



 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 46, in ttf



 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\gameduino2\prep.py", line 263, in load_ttf

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\ImageFont.py", line 218, in truetype

   return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\ImageFont.py", line 134, in __init__

   self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\ImageFont.py", line 34, in __getattr__

   raise ImportError("The _imagingft C module is not installed")

ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed
Could someone help me?

[jamesbowman]

stackoverflow.com/questions/4011705/python-the-imagingft-c-module-is-not-installed

[japeral]

I try to install this precompiled version of PIL with truetypefont support: "Pillow‑2.4.0.win32‑py2.7.exe"



It works if I put only a .ttf font in asset. If I put a .jpg image and .ttf font it throws the following error:


Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "c:\python27\scripts\gd2asset", line 5, in <module>

   pkg_resources.run_script('gameduino2==0.1.2', 'gd2asset')

 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 534, in run_script

 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 1441, in run_script

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 121, in <module>



 File "build\bdist.win32\egg\gameduino2\prep.py", line 426, in make

 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 92, in addall



 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\gameduino2-0.1.2-py2.7.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gd2asset", line 42, in image



 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pil\Image.py", line 2126, in open

   % (filename if filename else fp))

IOError: cannot identify image file 'xxx.jpg'

Seems Pillow precompiled version does .jpg support is missing.

I will keep searching for solution.

Thank you for quick response James.

[japeral]

- I found this solution: jamie.curle.io/blog/webfaction-installing-pil/

But I have found this issue when try to build PIL with JPEG and FREETYPE2 extensions enabled:

C:\Python27>python.exe c:\imaging\setup.py build_ext -i

running build_ext

building '_imaging' extension

error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

- I searched for this error on google, and I am following this solution: shop.wickeddevice.com/2013/12/11/windows-7-python-virtualenv-and-the-unable-to-find-vcvarsall-bat-error/

But I can not find "vcvarsall.bat" on my hard drive with windows file browser at stage "C".

- So now I am following this posible solution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKBBpfxFog it involves download a Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 3.3GB Iso image for install it, buff...

Know anyone a PIL download link build with al this stuff done?

I will keep inform about my progress.

[japeral]

I can not solve my problem. I can not compile PIL source to enable FREETYPE2 support.

Launching PIL 1.1.7 Selftest .py file I obtain the following:



C:\Imaging>c:\python27\python.exe selftest.py

--------------------------------------------------------------------

PIL 1.1.7 TEST SUMMARY

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Python modules loaded from .\PIL

Binary modules loaded from c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pil-1.1.7-py2.7-win32.egg

--------------------------------------------------------------------

*** PIL CORE support not installed

*** TKINTER support not installed

--- JPEG support ok

--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support ok

*** FREETYPE2 support not installed

*** LITTLECMS support not installed

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Running selftest:

--- 57 tests passed.
In fact FREETYPE2 support is NOT INSTALLED!!!

How to solve this in Windows?

Thank you very much.