[scribus-dev] File built with 1.3.3.13 distorted on 1.5.0

[john Culleton]

I am updating an old e-book (see below) and have
some interesting results from the ecoverb.sla file
built in July 2009 using 1.3.3.13.

The 1.4.5 version initially can't find a font I
use called PriceDown. When I look for a
substitution PriceDown is listed, but with the
letter S and a green background as an icon
prefixing it on the list of possible
substitutions. So I end up substituting
PriceDown for PriceDown. I note this occurs for
other fonts that are not part of the standard
set provided with Scribus. This process is
functional but a bit wierd. Perhaps it should e
explained somewhere 

With Scribus 1.5.0 the same 1.3.3.13
ecoverb.sla file gets seriously distorted, with
diagonal lines radiating from the right
lower corner to the Pricedown letters. The
background (probably a a radial gradient) is
reduced in size to form a large circle.  A
similar diagonal lines effect occurs when I
attempt to update another file showing an URL
barcode, again a 1.3.3.13 to 1.5.0 conversion.

Now I did some fancy stuff when creating the
original ecoverb.sla file. A simpler example
might not show these artifacts. But the fact
remains that a 1.3.3.13 sla file does not
reliably translate to a 1.5.0 sla file. 

I have posted the original ecoverb.sla file here:
http://www.wexfordpress.net/ecoverb.sla
And the original pdf output from 1.3.3.13 here:
http://www.wexfordpress.net/ecoverb.pdf
and the 1.5.0 output here:
http://www.wexfordpress.net/ecoverb5.0.pdf
and the PriceDown font here:
http://wexfordpress.net/pricedown.ttf

I use Slackware Linux 14.1.

FYI.

-- 
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