Thanks Peter. I was able to discover that after some extensive searching on Google this morning. I was also able to answer my color question when I found the dialog to create custom colors.
Thanks for the help! Landon P.S. - If no one has any objections then I will register for the Scribus Wiki and add some explanations of how to do these two things if the content is not already present. On 2/3/06, PLinnell <mrdocs at scribus.info> wrote: > On Friday 03 February 2006 16:28, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > I have 2 more newbie questions for you gusy. The first deals with > > color, the second deals with fonts. > > > > [1] Is there a way to specify colors in Scribus using RGB or Hex > > values? I see a drop down list of "named" colors in Scribus, but I > > don't see a way to enter the other values. Is this possible, or > > does Scribus only support the named colors that are listed? > > You can edit and create your own colors and there is more than one > color set installed with Scribus. Close all documents and then you > can choose defaults. > > > > [2] I have a variety of true type fonts that I am using in Scribus. > > The fonts appear properly in the document when I view or edit the > > document in Scribus. However, when I open the exported PDF file in > > Adobe Reader or Gnome's PDF Reader, the fonts are not the same. I > > realize that the PDF readers are substituing different fonts > > because they don't have the font I've selected in Scribus to render > > the type correctly. > > > > Gnome's PDF reader is not suitable for use with Scribus. See the notes > here: > http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=pdfexport1 > > Bottom paragraph and also included with the online help in Scribus. > Also: http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=toolbox1 > > > You need to embed the fonts in PDF export. In the PDF export dialog, > select the font tab and enable embed all fonts. > > > What can I do to get the correct fonts to display in Adobe or other > > PDF readers? Will they support true type fonts, or will I need to > > convert the true type fonts to ghostscript/postcript fonts? > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > Landon > > None of the above, if they are embedded and Scribus reliably does > that, then there should be no issue at all. > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
