Gregory Pittman schrieb: > Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: >> I have a problem with text frames in new documents. >> >> When I create a new text frame and try to edit text it won't let me. The >> font dropdown box doesn't display a selected font. When I click the >> dropdown box I see all the installed fonts, but clicking on one just >> closes the dropdown box without activating the selected font. >> > Not sure I follow you. Are you using Story Editor to enter text?
Yes. > Maybe > check out: > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_text_frames >> If I load some text from a file it shows up correctly in the edit text >> dialog, but in Scribus all the characters are displayed as squares instead. >> > This is what happens when your font does not have the characters > contained in the frame. Maybe Scribus is not finding fonts properly? It works when I use the same font in a new text frame added to an existing document. >> On the console some "QComboBox::changeItem: (fontStyle) Index 0 out of >> range" error messages are displayed. >> >> I use the scribus-ng package from Debian (Scribus 1.3.4) on a 64 Bit system. >> >> If I open an old document (created using the same Scribus version on my >> 32 Bit notebook before it broke) everything works, I can add text >> frames, edit the text, etc. >> > I think you need a 64-bit version of Scribus... AFAIK it is a 64 bit Scribus. Philipp
