Re: [pygame] Font.render barfs on spaces

[John Popplewell <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 07:15:02PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Pygame 1.7.1 on my Ubuntu Linux system is unable to render a space in the
> default font, when anti-aliasing is disabled:
> 
> <snip!>
> 
> Is this a bug?
Hi,

it is a bug in Freetype 2.2.1. See this link:

http://www.mail-archive.com/freetype@xxxxxxxxxx/msg00802.html

which came up in this thread:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.sdl/30558

It's fixed in the Freetype CVS, or you could use Freetype 2.1.10,

cheers,
John.