Hello Craig,
> > *** I really wonder which of these fonts would be >> of type TTC, or how I'd find out...??? As said >> above, Font Book did not reveal such a detail... >> unless 'TTC' = "datafork TrueType' ?? > >Try posting the output of the almost undocumented: > >fc-list '' file family style OK... => /Library/Fonts/Skia.dfont: Skia:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/MarkerFelt.dfont: Marker Felt:style=Thin /Library/Fonts/#PCmyoungjo.dfont: #PCMyungjo:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/AquaKanaRegular.otf: .Aqua ????:style=?????????` /System/Library/Fonts/Apple LiGothic Medium.dfont: Apple LiGothic:style=Medium /System/Library/Fonts/Osaka.dfont: Osaka:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/????????.ttf: STKaiti:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Chalkboard.ttf: Chalkboard:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Song.dfont: Song:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1???????9?1 Std W8.otf: Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std W8:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Zapfino.dfont: Zapfino:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/BigCaslon.dfont: Big Caslon:style=Medium /System/Library/Fonts/ZapfDingbats.dfont: Zapf Dingbats:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Papyrus.dfont: Papyrus:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.dfont: Lucida Grande:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/????????.ttf: STHeiti:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Baskerville.dfont: Baskerville:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Apple LiSung Light.dfont: Apple LiSung:style=Light /Library/Fonts/???? Pro.ttf: LiSong Pro:style=Light /Library/Fonts/AmericanTypewriter.dfont: American Typewriter:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Times.dfont: Times:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Copperplate.dfont: Copperplate:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/????????.ttf: STHeiti:style=Light /Library/Fonts/HelveticaNeue.dfont: Helvetica Neue:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1?????? Pro W3.otf: Hiragino Mincho Pro W3:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1???????9?1 Pro W4.otf: Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro W4:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Kai.dfont: Kai:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???? Pro.ttf: LiHei Pro:style=Medium /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1?????? Pro W6.otf: Hiragino Mincho Pro W6:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/#HeadlineA.dfont: #HeadLineA:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Didot.dfont: Didot:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Monaco.dfont: Monaco:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Apple Symbols.ttf: Apple Symbols:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Apple Chancery.dfont: Apple Chancery:style=Chancery /System/Library/Fonts/Courier.dfont: Courier:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/AppleMyungjo.dfont: AppleMyungjo:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/????????.ttf: STSong:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/#Pilgiche.dfont: #PilGi:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Symbol.dfont: Symbol:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/BiauKai.dfont: BiauKai:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/NISC18030.ttf: GB18030 Bitmap:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont: Helvetica:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Optima.dfont: Optima:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Geneva.dfont: Geneva:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Hoefler Text.dfont: Hoefler Text:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/GillSans.dfont: Gill Sans:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/Hei.dfont: Hei:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Cochin.dfont: Cochin:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Herculanum.dfont: Herculanum:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/???? ???.ttf: STFangsong:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1???????9?1 Pro W3.otf: Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro W3:style=Regular /Library/Fonts/Fang Song.dfont: Fang Song:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/OsakaMono.dfont: Osaka:style=Regular-Mono /Library/Fonts/Futura.dfont: Futura:style=Medium /System/Library/Fonts/AppleGothic.dfont: AppleGothic:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/AquaKanaBold.otf: .Aqua ????:style=???`???? /Library/Fonts/#Gungseouche.dfont: #GungSeo:style=Regular /System/Library/Fonts/???????9?1???????9?1 Pro W6.otf: Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro W6:style=Regular So, all I see are TTF, dfonts, and some otfs, no TTC. And all Apple-installed, I believe. If so, how come that FontConfig was chewing on some TTC font? > > Tomorrow, I'll continue and try to get Scribus >> running on the Tiger system plus on the iMac as >> well; maybe this gives me some clue as to why > > this problem happened... Here's what happened on the iMac (10.3.8): Remove previously installed Frameworks, re-downloaded and installed full framework package; Sribus ie FontConfig crashed. Removed FontConfig and installed the FontConfig package that's available as a single download, as this seem to have done the trick yesterday. Ups: Sribus ie FontConfig crashed. Realized that during troubleshooting I had applied one other measure: running fc-list. So I ran fc-list on the iMac as well. When it was finished, double-clicked Scribus. Now starts perfectly. => Is it possible that Scribus.app has a problem to execute fc-list on first launch, whereas if fc-list done manually, Scribus afterwards doesn't need to do it anymore and can therefore complete it's startup process? Best, Martin
