On Sunday 08 May 2005 12:17, Maciej Hanski wrote: > Hi, > I dimly remember some previous exchange of thoughts about using > ligatures in Scribus -- basicly, it was about having proper .afm files, > right? So now I have some basic questions, how to get it up and running. > > Q1: I added an additonal path to a Type1 font in > Settings>Fonts>Additional Paths, how do I let Scribus know about its afm > files? > > Long explanation: I've added this well designed Polish Type1 font > ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp.zip, now I > can use it in Scribus, but the afm files are located elsewhere. How > does Scribus find them? > > > Q2: How/when does Scribus substitute single glyphs with ligatures? > > Long explanation: According to it's description, some glyphs of this font > should be replaced by ligatures, e.g. "f+f" should be substituted by "ff", > "hyphen + hyphen" should be replaced by "ndash", etc. Does it happen in > Scribus automatically while filling a text frame with text, or at > another point of time? > > > Q3: Could somebody deliver a very simple real life example with Scribus? > > many thanks in advance > cheers > Maciej
Scribus does no auto glyph replacement. Scribus uses the AFM files for font metrics if they exist, otherwise it will use what freetype says. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20050508/e903bfd1/attachment.pgp
