Augustus Loop

Font issues

The below applies to Mac OS X versions versions prior to v2.0.0 only.

Augustus Loop needs to load a font in order to display text. By default, it attempts to load

/Library/Fonts/GillSans.dfont
If this file is not found, v1.7.2 and above will attempt to load 
/System/Library/Fonts/Monaco.dfont
If these files do not exist on your system, no text will appear in the GUI. (In v1.7.0, the plug-in will actually crash.)

There are two possible solutions:

  1. Find the file 'GillSans.dfont' on your system and copy/move it to '/Library/Fonts'.
  2. Choose another font file on your system, and instruct the plug-in to use it.
To let the plug-in know to use another font file, first locate the file 'com.expertsleepers.AugustusLoop.plist' which (if it exists) will be in your preferences folder: 
/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Preferences/
If the file doesn't exist, use this file.

The file is a standard Mac OS X preferences file, which is a list of key/value pairs in XML format. To set the font, insert or edit these lines:

        <key>Font path</key>
        <string>/Library/Fonts/Times New Roman</string>
replacing '/Library/Fonts/Times New Roman' with the path to your font of choice.