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Lato font locked access - plugin doesn't load on Windows (beta-5) #678

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mkruselj opened this issue Feb 27, 2019 · 1 comment
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Lato font locked access - plugin doesn't load on Windows (beta-5) #678

mkruselj opened this issue Feb 27, 2019 · 1 comment

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@mkruselj
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This one is for @baconpaul.

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Long story short, seems there's an issue in loading Lato font on Windows, which makes the VST not loadable at all. Solution would be to install the font to the system, and this is how:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28186646/install-fonts-to-pc-using-inno-setup

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Couple this with checking the font installation at runtime using enumfontfamyex and we should be good

baconpaul added a commit to baconpaul/surge that referenced this issue Feb 27, 2019
Rather than try and runtime load the Lato font assume it is installed
and react accordingly if it is not. No longer bundle it with the dll
and instead bundle it with the installer.

Issue surge-synthesizer#678
baconpaul added a commit to baconpaul/surge that referenced this issue Feb 27, 2019
Rather than try and runtime load the Lato font assume it is installed
and react accordingly if it is not. No longer bundle it with the dll
and instead bundle it with the installer.

Closes surge-synthesizer#678 : Font causes Hang on some Windows
Closes surge-synthesizer#673 : De-Bold our Lato
baconpaul added a commit that referenced this issue Feb 27, 2019
Rather than try and runtime load the Lato font assume it is installed
and react accordingly if it is not. No longer bundle it with the dll
and instead bundle it with the installer.

Closes #678 : Font causes Hang on some Windows
Closes #673 : De-Bold our Lato
baconpaul added a commit to baconpaul/surge that referenced this issue Jul 10, 2019
Rather than try and runtime load the Lato font assume it is installed
and react accordingly if it is not. No longer bundle it with the dll
and instead bundle it with the installer.

Closes surge-synthesizer#678 : Font causes Hang on some Windows
Closes surge-synthesizer#673 : De-Bold our Lato

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