On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 19:42, Patrick wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 01:11:12 +0800 > ephemeron <ephemeron at uk2.net> wrote: > > > I'm having problems getting Scribus (1.0.1) to recognize TrueType > > fonts installed on my system which both Abiword and KWord > > recognize without any additional configuration. Only PostScript > > fonts appear in the font dialogs. > > > > Am I right to assume I have TrueType support? > > > > ldd /usr/local/bin/scribus | grep typ > > libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x40025000) > > > > My ~/.scribus/scribusfont.rc contains the single entry below. > > The path was set from the dialog and not edited by hand. > > > > /usr/share/fonts/truetype/larabie-straight > > scribusfont.rc should just list font directories - the above is correct.
> > Hi, > This has been discussed earlier about fonts and Scribus. Usually what > you are observing is not a Scribus malfunction, but bad or very low > quality truetype fonts. From what I have gathered in the previous > conversations, is that truetype's are usually the bottom feeders of the > font world, so when talking about high quality fonts, truetype seldom > makes it into the conversation. :o) As for True Type vs. postscript - that is another debate. My observation is it is easier with available font editors to create and package TT fonts vs. Type 1 fonts. That is where TT gets a bad rap. There are lots of free and shareware TT fonts which are internally not well done. There *are* good high quality TT fonts and they work fine with Scribus. It is *very* important to consider the source of the fonts. Most any TT font from respected foundrys like Bitstream, Agfa Monotype, Adobe (yes Adobe - I have a couple floating around somewhere..), B+H, Font Bureau should work fine. <snip> > Not sure if an archive is being kept of the mail list, but it's possible > I still have the old mails previously covering this subject. it is here: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/ > Start with this thread and read it through. http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/2003-August/001812.html There a lots of hints for MacOSX and Linux relating to fonts, installation and how Scribus works with fonts. Hope that helps, Peter
