On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:04:38 +0100 Andreas Winkler <and.win82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chrisoph, > > thanks for your answer. I'm aware of the > limitation that huge modern TTF and OTF fonts > can not be embedded. However, in Windows 8 > certain fonts (e.g. Arial) can't be embedded at > all even if 'Subset' is unchecked. They will > always be converted to outlines even though > they appear in the 'Fonts to embed:' field in > the 'Fonts' tab of the pdf export settings. The > very same fonts can be embedded when using > Scribus 1.4.3 on Windows 7. So I suspect this > to be an issue of Scribus in combination with > Windows 8. I consider this to be a serious > limitation and I would like to issue a bug > report on Mantis. Unfortunately, the > registration for the bug tracker seems to be > closed. > > Best regards > Andreas > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:22 AM, "Christoph > Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote: > >> Gesendet: Montag, 02. Dezember 2013 um 20:11 > >> Uhr Von: "Andreas Winkler" > >> <and.win82 at gmail.com> An: > >> scribus at lists.scribus.net Betreff: [scribus] > >> embedding fonts in pdf fails with Windows 8 > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm a new user of Scribus and I'm quite > >> impressed by its capabilities so far. I plan > >> to move away from Indesign. I run Scribus > >> 1.4.3 on Windows 8.1 64 bit. It seems not to > >> be possible to embed certain system fonts > >> into pdf when exporting, regardless whether > >> 'subset' is checked or not. The affected > >> fonts are those which appear grouped in the > >> Windows Explorer in C:\Windows\Fonts (for > >> example Arial or Times New Roman), for all > >> other fonts embedding works as expected. > >> I've tried to export the same sla file with > >> Scribus 1.4.3 running on Windows 7 and there > >> it was possible to embed all fonts as > >> expected. So I think that this issue is > >> related to Windows 8. I'd be interested in > >> whether this is a known issue and whether > >> there exists a workaround (except for > >> changing the OS :-)). Has anybody else > >> experienced this problem when running > >> Scribus on Windows 8? > >> > > > > Hi Andreas, > > > > You cannot embed certain fonts because > > embedding is disabled by default due to their > > size (modern TTF and OTF font files can be > > quite huge). Instead, Scribus will convert > > these fonts to outlines. You can, however, > > override the default settings. > > > > Go to File -> Document Setup -> Fonts for the > > current document or to File -> Preferences -> > > Fonts for every new file. There you can > > uncheck the fonts marked for "Subset" in the > > respective column. Unchecking means they can > > be embedded now, but be aware that exported > > PDF files can become *really* huge. > > > > HTH, > > > > Christoph > > > > ___ > > Scribus Mailing List: > > scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options > > or unsubscribe: > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > See also: http://wiki.scribus.net > > http://forums.scribus.net > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net My suggestion: Use a font not provided by Microsoft. There are many equivalent fonts available at fontsquirrel.com. Or you could use fonts that come with texlive2013. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
