Hi Yes, the font that i'm using is Source Sans Pro, and it has small caps, old style numerals and a few other characters that i might or i might not need.
So i'm thinking the best -and the only- workaround that comes to my mind is: 1. Open the font file in Fontforge 2. 'Rescue' this special characters that i want to use and save it in a new font file 3. Use it in Scribus and avoid this ugly black blocks<http://i.imgur.com/0fDKTeG.png>showing that they're "Unmapped glyphs" This could help? -Assuming that the font licence allows modifications, which is the case- Thanks 2013/9/14 john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:04:23 -0700 > John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:44:06 -0300 > > Gabriel Grosso <ggrosso.dg at gmail.com> dijo: > > > > >I'm wondering if Scribus support the use of true small capitals -if > > >the typography has ones- or if they're created by the program > > >itself. I've seen a thread long ago about this and it has been > > >reported as a bug<http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1413>and a > > >future implementation in version 1.3 -long ago-. > > > > > >Also i have an issue when trying to use special characters like old > > >style figures -small caps numbers-. Fontmatrix detects it as > > >'Unmapped glyph' and also in Scribus i can't insert them via Glyphs. > > > > > >I've read some topics about OpenType in GNU/Linux can be accesed with > > >XeTeX or LuaTeX, but i have zero experience working with that. > > > > The first step is to verify that your font has true small caps, > > ligatures, old style numerals, etc. and that they are encoded with the > > correct Unicode values. > > > > Assuming that your font has them, then the only way to use them > > currently in Scribus is to insert them one at a time manually. As far > > as I know the only program that can use them automatically (as opposed > > to just resizing regular caps) is InDesign. I read somewhere that > > QuarkXPress can do so also, but I can't verify that. > > > > Automatically using alternate glyphs in OpenType fonts has been a > > feature request since at least 2006: > > > > http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1413 > > > > I should add that there also exists Graphite, an extension toolbar for > > Libre/OpenOffice, which can do this, but it works only with a couple > > of specially created TrueType fonts (e.g., LinuxLibertine-G). > > Graphite is an interesting tool, but as far as I can tell it is a > > dead end technology. > > > > ___ > > 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 > > TeX, especially the latest Context MKIV form, will handle small caps if > they are actually in the font. For text only or predominately books TeX > is still the tool of choice. For book covers I prefer Scribus (see > below). > > -- > 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 > > ___ > 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 > -- ---------------------------------- Gabriel Alberto Grosso flickr.com/gabotrotamundos Ober?, Misiones -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20130915/627d4d4c/attachment.html>
