[R] No fonts in graphics using GDD

[Miguel Tremblay]

I have problem to have fonts in graphics using GDD.

R version: R 2.2.1 (2005-12-20).
GDD version: GDD_0.1-8.tar.gz
Platform: Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #2 SMP Sat Nov 4 21:16:47 EST 2006 i686 
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux


I have configured the basefont.mapping file accordingly to the path of the 
font on my computer:
base.norm:/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arial.ttf
base.ital:/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/ariali.ttf
base.bold:/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbd.ttf
base.bita:/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbi.ttf

Those files exists and are present at the right place:
ls /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arial*.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arial.ttf 
/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbi.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbd.ttf 
/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/ariali.ttf

In R, when I import the GDD library and look at the font path, they are 
correct:
> library('GDD')
> .Call("gdd_look_up_font", NULL)
[1] "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arial.ttf"
[2] "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbd.ttf"
[3] "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/ariali.ttf"
[4] "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/arialbi.ttf"
[5] NA


When I create a graphic, there is no font:
> library(GDD)
> GDD()
> plot(rnorm)
> dev.off()

I have went through the following threads and it did'nt help:
http://mailman.rz.uni-augsburg.de/pipermail/stats-rosuda-devel/2006q1/000197.html
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/04/25159.html


The ouptut of my GDD installation is:
R CMD INSTALL GDD_0.1-8.tar.gz
* Installing *source* package 'GDD' ...
checking for gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for GNU libc compatible malloc... yes
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking for memset... yes
checking for mkdir... yes
checking for rmdir... yes
checking for gdlib-config... /usr/bin/gdlib-config
libgd-flags according to gdlib-config:
    -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib -ljpeg -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lz -lm
if that is not correct, fix your gd installation
checking gd.h usability... yes
checking gd.h presence... yes
checking for gd.h... yes
checking for gdImageCreateFromPng in -lgd... yes
checking usability of FreeType in GD... yes
checking whether GD programs can be compiled... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/Makevars
config.status: creating src/gddconfig.h
** libs
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include 
-DHAVE_GDDCONFIG_H -I. -Iinclude -I/usr/local/include 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -O2 
-march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fPIC  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -O2 -march=pentium4 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -c GDD.c -o GDD.o
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include 
-DHAVE_GDDCONFIG_H -I. -Iinclude -I/usr/local/include 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -O2 
-march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fPIC  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -O2 -march=pentium4 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -c GDDtalk.c -o GDDtalk.o
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared  -o GDD.so GDD.o GDDtalk.o -L/usr/lib 
-L/usr/lib -lgd  -ljpeg -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lz -lm  -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
** R
** inst
** help
  >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'GDD'
      Formats: text html latex example
   GDD                               text    html    latex   example
   GDDfont                           text    html    latex   example
** building package indices ...
* DONE (GDD)



Anyone can help me with this?


Miguel Tremblay
http://ptaff.ca/miguel/