On Sun, 8 May 2005 13:22:33 +0200 Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote:
> 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. > I'm not quite sure, what that means. Do I have to enter ligatures manually, if I want to use them, or does freetype do the glyph replacements automatically? Maciej
