From 4484e0969f8c78bb1f8e934573121ec456ce3024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: donovaly <uwestoehr@lyx.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 03:30:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Main] set Coin environment variable

as discussed in https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=56386&start=10 we need to set this environment variable for Coin on Windows
---
 src/Main/MainGui.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index c9aa650d84..f468228d15 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
 #endif
 
 #if defined (FC_OS_WIN32)
+    // we need to force Coin not to use Freetype in order to find installed fonts on Windows
+    // see https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?p=485142#p485016
+    _putenv("COIN_FORCE_FREETYPE_OFF=1");
+
     int argc_ = argc;
     QVector<QByteArray> data;
     QVector<char *> argv_;