[scribus] Missing fonts
Gregory Pittman
gpittman at iglou.com
Sat Apr 22 00:31:48 UTC 2017
Presumably, there is something that Scribus doesn't like about the fonts
-- it doesn't just find fonts, it checks them for various internal
features. About the only alternative at this point is to find some
substitute font.
Greg
On 04/21/2017 07:55 PM, STEVEN WALKER wrote:
> Hmmm - curious indeed.
>
> Then as you have thought; it would seem to be a path problem.
>
> But if you have Windows 10 - the next update will solve the whole problem;
> Trajan Pro will disappear from all of it!
>
> I have yet to install this latest Scribus. I downloaded it days back but this
> last few days are chaos.
>
> Tommorow morning I will punt it onto the machine with the Trajan Pro I
> half-hitched off the Win 7 machine and see what I can see.
>
> Be interesting to see what it does generally.
>
> I know that Illustrator can be fussy after swapping fonts; it wants a complete
> machine shutdown to see them.
>
> I am more fascinated by what Windows 10 is going to do when they see the font is
> still there after they wiped it in the last update.
>
> Anyway; that's another problem.
>
> Good night.
>
> Steven
>
>>
>> On 22 April 2017 at 00:42 Jo Evans <jo.hose.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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 I note with the latest Win10 update; some fonts have been "withdrawn" -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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