Segmentation Fault 11 on OSX 10.10.3

[wimhaanstra]

I have upgraded my system to 10.10.3 and I wanted to replace my font with a different one, but I have problems getting fontforge to work.

I installed homebrew, updated it and ran the fontforge install command:

brew install fontforge --with-python

This installs fontforge, but with the following messages:

==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/fontforge-20150330.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring fontforge-20150330.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
Warning: fontforge dependency gettext was built with a different C++ standard
library (libc++ from clang). This may cause problems at runtime.
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/fontforge/20150330: 1297 files, 35M

Once this is done, when I try to run the python command mentioned in the readme, Python crashes with a segmentation fault 11.

I do have Xcode 6.3 installed, might that be affecting this?

[wimhaanstra]

Building fontforge from scratch actually works:

brew install python gettext libpng jpeg libtiff giflib cairo pango libspiro czmq fontconfig automake libtool pkg-config glib pango 
brew install -v --debug fontforge --HEAD --with-giflib --with-x11 --with-libspiro

[eFiggy]

@depl0y, I tried the steps you outlined in your last post and I'm still getting the Segmentation Fault 11 error. I only have the Xcode Command Line tools installed, but it doesn't look like there were build errors or anything. Are you using Python 2 or 3?

[dtinth]

Thanks for the report.

That's very strange! Unfortunately, I just tried it on a new MacBook, and I get the same problem.

And I don't know how to fix it, so I'm converting fonts in Linux (a Vagrant box) now. 😢 😭

[mszenczewski]

This is how I was able to fix it on my Macbook.

1. I removed all the mess that brew had made
2. I installed Mac Ports
3. I ran the following:

sudo port install fontforge +python27
sudo port select --set python python27

And now, it works.

[1maverick1]

I can confirm this one works really well! Unlike on Linux and Homebrew, they're not working properly with OS X 10.10.3.

[irrg]

Working fine here. Using system python and following the directions, on 10.10.3 — Generated a new set of the “official” San Francisco fonts and they work just fine.

[hansott]

@depl0y Thanks for finding a solution. Are you sure about --HEAD though?

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::FormulaLoader): loading /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/fontforge.rb
Error: No head is defined for fontforge
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:133:in `block in install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:110:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:110:in `install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:95:in `<main>'

[hansott]

#18 (comment)

The --head flag was removed in the formula, you can fix it by copying the contents of https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/d1dfe7b506da542c8828ebd775a1f4f943e55ed7/Formula/fontforge.rb in brew edit fontforge and then try brew reinstall fontforge.

[Natee9969]

I have upgraded my system to 10.10.3 and I wanted to replace my font with a different one, but I have problems getting fontforge to work.

I installed homebrew, updated it and ran the fontforge install command:

brew install fontforge --with-python

This installs fontforge, but with the following messages:

==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/fontforge-20150330.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring fontforge-20150330.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
Warning: fontforge dependency gettext was built with a different C++ standard
library (libc++ from clang). This may cause problems at runtime.
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/fontforge/20150330: 1297 files, 35M

Once this is done, when I try to run the python command mentioned in the readme, Python crashes with a segmentation fault 11.

I do have Xcode 6.3 installed, might that be affecting this?