On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:19, Patrick wrote: > Hi guys, > After completing one of my first complete flyers in Scribus, I am > finding it quite enjoyable to use. There are several little niggling > things I would like to see changed or fixed, but overall, I think we can > count Scribus to be quite capable. One thing, that instantly comes to > mind is whenever I create a text box, why don't I have the ability to > make it outlined, instead of drawing another box to fit around it? I > would like rounded corner capability as well with all the features of > the box tool. > > Another thing I found after exporting as both PDF Acrobat 4 & 5 is that > KGhostview, Ghostview or GV cannot view the file in it's entirety. The > error below appears, so I am suspecting a problem in Ghostscript. Adobe > reader displays the file fine.
This is a common error I find with the above - related to fonts in Pdf, but often, GSView will open it OK. Just curious, what about Xpdf? If not, then it is a GS bug and should be filed. I also found updating to 7.07 helps a lot. In cases where 7.07 does not fix the error, often using with 8.10/8.11 and GSView 4.4 on Win2k, usually will eliminate the error. My experience with PDF viewers in terms of reliability/proper display of Scribus files on screen. 1. Acro Reader 5.0x - best - I have had *very* few display errors with Scribus PDF - as long as the fonts are embedded. 2. GSView/with latest Ghostscript. The newer the Ghostscript, the better it displays PDF 1.4 and transparency. The newest 8.11 has a new font renderer and the fonts do look better. 3. Xpdf 2.0x - Does a very good job of displaying PDF 1.4 images but does not handle transparency well. Uses X fonts without a custom .Xpdfresources file - not installed by default. The others are older and often have problems with the PDF generated by Scribus, especially advanced PDF 1.4 features. Personally, I do not even install GV or Ghostview any more. Hope that helps, Peter
