[scribus] Missing fonts

[Jo Evans]

On 22 April 2017 at 11:03, STEVEN WALKER <steven.dfirst at virgin.net> wrote:

> The "file explorer does not show Fonts directory" might be a "show hidden
> system
> folders" thing in Windows.
>
> No, its the file explorer window that Scribus opens which does not show
C:\Windows\Fonts. The folder DOES show up when I open the Windows File
Explorer and in that case the fonts are there.

Curious that the two fonts DO show up in

  LibreOffice
  Open Office
  Corel PaintShop Pro X9

but not in GIMP 2.8.

It suggests to me that the problem is nothing to do with Windows 10.


> (Look in control panel / File Explorer options / View / Hide protected
> operating
> system files. (un tick it)
>
> - might be . . .
>
> The other problem that is looming is; Microsoft have been figuring out how
> to
> make more money out of the fonts they created.
>
> I note with the latest Win10 update; some fonts have been "withdrawn" - I
> got
> caught out with a couple I have used in a bit of artwork that suddenly
> didn't
> open after the update.
>
> Trajan Pro was one of them! - hence I tell you all this stuff - it isn't
> quite a
> tanget as you imagine . . .
>
> The pesky little monkeys had wanted me to pay £49 on fonts.com to get
> them back
> . . . fortunately I have a machine available that still had Win7 on it and
> all
> the fonts - so I snatched 'em back . . . no doubt Bill Gates will do
> something
> sneaky about that next time round.
>
> But as you say; if they show up in LibreOffice and not in Scribus . . .
> that is
> odd; but then Scribus may have a slightly better font management system
> and has
> "phoned home to Momma" only to be told these fonts are out of license.
>
> Trajan Pro was definately the one that went pop for me.
>
> Blame Bill. Cheeky blighter is telling us we have to keep up our overseas
> aid
> budget and Microsoft are getting ready to make more money out of Windows
> 10 than
> the entire aid budget for the whole UN!
>
> It's is going to be an endless series of pop up adverts all over the
> screen from
> here on.
>
> Unless you rent - at a huge sum every month - the soon to be announced
> "advert
> free" version
>
> Time to start learning linux.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
>
> >
> >     On 21 April 2017 at 10:15 Jo Evans <jo.hose.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Scribus 1.4.6 and 1.5.2 on Windows 10
> >
> >     I am creating a document and want to use two fonts that are on my
> system
> > in
> >     C:Windows\Fonts. The fonts are *Trajan Pro* and *Bickham Script
> Pro*. They
> >     are available in LibreOffice but do not show up in Scribus.
> >
> >     When I go to Preferences/Fonts/Additional paths/Add... the file
> explorer
> >     does not show a Fonts directory in C:\Windows\
> >
> >     How can I get Scribus to find these missing fonts?
> >
> >     Jo Evans
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