On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:43:34 +0100 Plinnell <mrdocs at scribus.info> dijo: > Based on the IRC chat from earlier today.. Sorry, I was sleeping. :) > > The limitations of fonts in PDF fields is somewhat determined by: 1. > the PDF version 2. available fonts locally on the reader's machine > *and* using local font must be enabled in the Acrobat Reader. > > As you mentioned, you are running under 64bit and there is no upgrade > to 1.3.3.4/1.3.3.5 possible. I know both Debian, Fedora and Suse all > offer 64-bit versions of Scribus for 1.3.3.x, otherwise you will need > to compile the sources yourself. On http://debian.scribus.net there > are notes on doing this in a build root. > > What you want to accomplish can *only* be done in 1.3.3.x. and PDF > 1.5+ In 1.2.x it is simply not possible.
Thanks to you and everyone else for the suggestions. A it turns out, Synaptic on my Ubuntu Dapper amd-64 computer lists Scribus-ng. The description said it can be installed in parallel with 1.2.4.1, so I installed it. When I launched it I noted that it is 1.3.3.2. I also noted lots of extra little features. It seems stable, but I've only had it running for a few minutes to check out the PDF fields problem. Sadly, it still lists the same fonts for the PDF field as 1.2.4.1 -- Courier Helvetica Times Zapf Dingbats Symbols So I guess I will have to go make a feature request or something. I also noted something else that was a problem on 1.2.4.1 and is not changed on 1.3.3.2 -- typing special characters. As a linguistics major I constantly need to type IPA characters. Over time I have memorized the hex codes for the ones I use most commonly, e.g., Ctrl+Shift+E6 types an ash [?]. So far this works in all programs on this computer, even Sylpheed, my mail client. However, in Scribus none of the hex codes work. I tried directly in a text box and also in the story editor, and I just can't type a character via the hex code. I can do so only with Insert Glyph. That is lots more time-consuming than just quickly typing a hex code. Is it possible that I just need to change something in Preferences or something to be able to type characters using hex codes?
