Trying to run the 'display' command from ImageMagick without an argument gives the following "error" (the app does not open at all):
curty@einstein:~$ display display.im6: unable to load font `-microsoft-verdana-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*': Resource temporarily unavailable @ error/xwindow.c/XBestFont/834. This since I upgraded from Squeeze lts to Wheezy the other day. I had the same problem in 2011 on a fresh install of Squeeze, which inspired me to install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package initially (and that made the problem go away). This option is no longer available however as I already have the microsoft fonts installed (not that I really want them for anything but a workaround). I don't how to solve this problem. Why an open source program would ask for a proprietary font in order to work is beyond my comprehension. -- Hypertext--or should I say the ideology of hypertext?--is ultrademocratic and so entirely in harmony with the demagogic appeals to cultural democracy that accompany (and distract one’s attention from) the ever-tightening grip of plutocratic capitalism. - Susan Sontag
