[Scribus] Scribus for Mac OS X

[Craig Bradney]

On Sunday 28 January 2007 15:02:28 jon wrote:
> >> Hi Michael,
> >>
> >> I think it could help us and you a lot to figure out what the problem
> >> is if you stay with one procedure after another.
> >> Installing Fink and scribus with Fink is only one way (btw the sw
> >> folder must exactly stay where put).
> >> If you want to install additional software with Fink you might need
> >> Fink Commander (the GUI for Fink), too.
> >>
> >> If it seems that there is a font related problem, this should be
> >> cleared out first, before you try different approaches.
> >>
> >> I really recommend to disable all privately installed fonts by
> >> temporarely removing them from the previously mentioned directories.
> >> After that: startup X11(or a prog that makes use of it) to let it
> >> rewrite its font cache.
> >> For this time you might leave fonts installed in the X11 directory
> >> untouched.
> >
> > ? ?Jon, what is considered the fonts I need to leave? Is there a list
> > I should refer to?
> > ? ? ?Again, can you indicate for me where I need to look to move these
> > fonts?
> > ? ? ?Seems to me, there are 3 spots?
>
> One important note - I copied the names of my system fonts with a
> standard installation (10.4.8) - there
> might be minor differencies in yours. Have a look a the modification
> date and you can easily find out if there are others,
> but these do have to stay at least:
>
> system/library/fonts/
>
>  >>>>>>>>>stay where put:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> ????.ttf
> ????.ttf
> ?? Pro.ttf
> ???????? Std W8.otf
> ???????? Pro W6.otf
> ???????? Pro W3.otf
> ??????? Pro W6.otf
> ??????? Pro W3.otf
> ???????? Pro W4.otf
> ZapfDingbats.dfont
> TimesLTMM
> Times.dfont
> Times LT MM
> Symbol.dfont
> OsakaMono.dfont
> Osaka.dfont
> Monaco.dfont
> LucidaGrande.dfont
> LastResort.dfont
> Keyboard.dfont
> Helvetica.dfont
> Helvetica LT MM
> HelveLTMM
> Hei.dfont
> Geneva.dfont
> Geeza Pro.ttf
> Geeza Pro Bold.ttf
> Courier.dfont
> AquaKanaRegular.otf
> AquaKanaBold.otf
> AppleGothic.dfont
> Apple LiGothic Medium.dfont
>
>
> /library/fonts/
>
>  >>>>>>>>>stay where put:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Andale Mono
> Ayuthaya.ttf
> ArialHBBold.ttf
> ArialHB.ttf
> Arial Rounded Bold
> Arial Narrow
> Arial Black
> Arial
> NewPeninimMTBoldInclined.ttf
> Courier New
> CorsivaBold.ttf
> Corsiva.ttf
> Copperplate.dfont
> Comic Sans MS
> ????.ttf
> ????.ttf
> ????.ttf
> ?? Pro.ttf
> Zapfino.dfont
> Webdings
> Verdana
> Trebuchet MS
> Times New Roman
> Thonburi.ttf
> Skia.dfont
> Silom.ttf
> Sathu.ttf
> RaananaBold.ttf
> Raanana.ttf
> AmericanTypewriter.dfont
> NewPeninimMTBold.ttf
> NewPeninimMT.ttf
> Nadeem.ttf
> MshtakanRegular.ttf
> MshtakanOblique.ttf
> MshtakanBoldOblique.ttf
> MshtakanBold.ttf
> MarkerFelt.dfont
> KufiStandarGK.ttf
> Krungthep.ttf
> Kai.dfont
> InaiMathi.ttf
> Impact
> Hoefler Text.dfont
> Herculanum.dfont
> HelveticaNeue.dfont
> HelveticaCY.dfont
> Gurmukhi.ttf
> GujaratiMTBold.ttf
> GujaratiMT.ttf
> GillSans.dfont
> Georgia
> GenevaCY.dfont
> Futura.dfont
> EuphemiaCASRegular.ttf
> EuphemiaCASItalic.ttf
> EuphemiaCASBold.ttf
> Didot.dfont
> DevanagariMTBold.ttf
> DevanagariMT.ttf
> DecoTypeNaskh.ttf
> PlantagenetCherokee.ttf
> Papyrus.dfont
> Optima.dfont
> NISC18030.ttf
> NewPeninimMTInclined.ttf
> AlBayan.ttf
> #Gungseouche.dfont
> BigCaslon.dfont
> BiauKai.dfont
> Baskerville.dfont
> Baghdad.ttf
> #Pilgiche.dfont
> #HeadlineA.dfont
> AppleMyungjo.dfont
> Apple Symbols.ttf
> Apple LiSung Light.dfont
> Apple Chancery.dfont
> Cochin.dfont
> CharcoalCY.dfont
> ChalkboardBold.ttf
> Chalkboard.ttf
> Brush Script
> #PCmyoungjo.dfont
> AlBayanBold.ttf
>
>

Temporarily removing all those fonts containing Asian characters might help a 
lot. Scribus scans every font for broken glyphs, and when a font contains 
thousands of glyphs, like some Asian fonts do it can take a long time.

Regards
Craig