On 06/12/2011 12:20 PM, Mike Sleger wrote:
> Nevermind, apparently anonymous logins cannot report issues.  After creating 
> an account and logging in I was able to submit this suggestion.
>
> On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Mike Sleger wrote:
>
>> I went to the Mantis Bug Tracker for Scribus and couldn't figure out how to 
>> submit a case.  Maybe somebody here could do so.
>>
>> Under Preferences/Fonts/Available Fonts I would like to see 
>> multiple-selection supported.  Also a checkbox added for "Use Selected", and 
>> buttons added for "Select All" and "Deselect All".  If say 3000 fonts are 
>> available (and the application currently has all fonts used by default), and 
>> I want to use say only 10 of them, I need to uncheck "Use Font" 2990 times.  
>> That's ridiculous.  I should be able to click a Select All button, uncheck a 
>> Use Selected checkbox, select the 10 fonts I want to use, then click a Use 
>> Selected checkbox again.  This would be MUCH faster than the current 
>> interface.  (If multiple fonts are selected and some are used and some are 
>> not used, then the Use Selected checkbox would be checked and dimmed, the 
>> same way other applications work.  Click the dimmed checkbox would use all 
>> the selected fonts and un-dim it.  Clicking it again would uncheck the 
>> checkbox, not using the selected fonts.)
>>
>> Essentially, I'd like to see a more robust interface for managing a large 
>> number of fonts within Scribus, since the Available Fonts preference is 
>> currently being implemented as a font manager for Scribus, but seems to be 
>> designed under the assumption that a user will only have about a dozen fonts.
>>

This is similar to this:

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=9990

Greg

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