FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

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FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

#1 Post by 10kNing »

I was trying to change the font to SYMBOL.TTF (makes sense in context) but then this error occured:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\execution.py", line 261, in run
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\ast.py", line 632, in execute
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\python.py", line 977, in py_exec_bytecode
File "common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 11, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\ui.py", line 237, in interact
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\core.py", line 1798, in interact
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\core.py", line 2103, in interact_core
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\core.py", line 1387, in draw_screen
File "render.pyx", line 366, in renpy.display.render.render_screen (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4470)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 511, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\transition.py", line 362, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 511, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 511, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\screen.py", line 274, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 511, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 854, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 662, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\behavior.py", line 512, in render
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 827, in render
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 751, in width
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\behavior.py", line 512, in render
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\display\layout.py", line 854, in render
File "render.pyx", line 95, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2325)
File "render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:2063)
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\text\text.py", line 1282, in render
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\text\text.py", line 440, in __init__
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\text\text.py", line 219, in glyphs
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\text\font.py", line 569, in get_font
File "C:\Users\Marcia\Documents\renpy-6.13.8\renpy\text\font.py", line 544, in load_face
File "ftfont.pyx", line 135, in renpy.text.ftfont.FTFace.__init__ (gen\renpy.text.ftfont.c:1724)
FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

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Re: FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

#2 Post by PyTom »

um... there might be a missing character in Symbol, or something. Does it include space?
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Re: FreetypeError: 38: invalid charmap handle

#3 Post by 10kNing »

Yes, I think:
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