[scribus] Moving to Linux

[Gregory Pittman]

On 08/20/2009 03:34 PM, Steven Dayton wrote:
>> I installed the texlive-base-bin and ran the getnonfreefonts -a  command,
>> it
>> looked like it was working, but I didnt get the new fonts in the list of
>> fonts in Scribus. Then I found them in a catalog and drag them into
>> Fontmatrix, and now they appeared. Dont know if this was the best way to do
>> it, but now it works.
>>      
>
> I'm glad to know someone has some success with Fontmatix. I haven't been
> able to get it to work. I tried to get the latest version and thought I had
> it (after about 1/2 hour of what I think the thing was compiling) but I
> don't see it anywhere on my system.
>    
Aside from the other comments, you've just illustrated two simple uses 
of the command line, being able to start Scribus and Fontmatrix from the 
command line. Typing 'scribus' even by itself without other switches 
gives some information you can view later as Scribus starts up. Typing 
'fontmatrix' will first of all tell you if it is on your system.

The next step would be to type 'man scribus' or 'man fontmatrix', each 
of which should give you information about the switches for each for 
specific purposes. For example, 'scribus -fi' will show information 
about fonts as Scribus starts up.

Greg