[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 I note with the latest Win10 update; some fonts have been "withdrawn" -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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