QML Text not rendered using custom build VS2015 Qt 5.6

[mattytraxx]

When doing a custom build of Qt, the build of Qt and of my demo program (below) compile without errors. However, I've noticed that QML text doesn't render. Here is the test program:

import QtQuick 2.3
import QtQuick.Window 2.0

Window {
    visible: true

    FontLoader { id: myCustomFont; source: "qrc:/arial.ttf" }

    Text {
        anchors.horizontalCenter: page.horizontalCenter
        text: qsTr("Hello World")
        font.family: myCustomFont.name
        anchors.centerIn: parent

        // if I comment this line out, the text is NOT dispalyed
        renderType: Text.NativeRendering // text IS displayed with this line
    }

    Rectangle {
        x: 10; y: 10
        width: 10; height: 10
        color: "red"
    }
}

As noted in the code, if I change the renderType to Text.NativeRendering, the text IS displayed. Note also that the rectangle is rendered without problems; in fact, I haven't seen any other graphics issues yet with my custom build. The Maroon demo that ships with Qt exhibits the same behavior--everything works fine, except the text is missing next to the fish and the star in the upper-right.

I'm using Visual Studio 2015 and compiling Qt 5.6 from git:

configure -opensource -platform win32-msvc2015 -opengl desktop

Any ideas on how I can resolve this issue?

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Does it work with the 5.5 ?

[mattytraxx]

So as it turns out, compiling Qt 5.5 from git seems to solve this problem. I tried my demo program, as well as Maroon, and both display text by default (without having to set renderType to Text.NativeRendering).

Dang it. That's what I get for trying a pre-release version. Thanks for the suggestion.