On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 18:12, Steve Herrick wrote: > Peter Linnell wrote: > > >>Did that. I included local.conf. Was that right? > >> > >> > > > >No, only one. Duplicate fonts can cause problems. Too fast with the > >keyboard. > > > Ummm... only one font can go in the .fonts folder? Or should I take out > the "local.conf" file?
No, the important thing is not to have the same font files in two different directories. I have a ~/.fonts directory where I move fonts in and out all the time. In mine, there are typically 20-30 individual fonts from different families. The local.conf file should not be touched, this is a default XML configuration file which can cause all kinds of problems if moved or deleted. > > >Because my goof would make scribus see those directories as not having > >valid font paths. Scribus checks this very thouroughlly (in > >self-defense) of font paths with broken fonts.dir files. Add a whole > >bunch of fonts and this quality check slows down loading of Scribus. > > > OK, it's seeing the .fonts directory again. Good, then any fonts you add or delete, then do the $ ttfmkdir && mkfontdir && fc-cache -v -f ./ dance... Then these fonts should be seen in Scribus if it is relaunched. > > > If I can have this working by Monday, I'll still have time to use > Scribus for my newsletter, which has to come out the first of May. > > > > > > I know all about it. The fact that I'm still struggling to get this to > do what I want doesn't mean I'm not grateful for all the work that's > gone into it. It is getting easier with the new changes and it is much more reliable. Regards, Peter
