[scribus] text not printing

[Gregory Pittman]

On 02/08/2018 11:23 AM, ZASKE Martin wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I am always using/testing the latest Scribus for smaller projects. At
> the moment I run scribus-1.5.4.svn-snapshot-180119-x64.exe on a fully
> updated Windows 10 64bit.
> 
> 
> I noticed (also with the previous svn) that when exporting to PDF, all
> my text does not show. Illustrations, frames etc. get exported all right.
> 
> I searched through the bug tracker and did not find this. So I am asking
> here: Is there anything I need to know or do?
> 
> I have my layers visible and printable. Have used Scribus for years and
> believe that "I am doing it right". When I open those files with 1.5.3
> and export again to PDF, then all my text does get exported (but some
> other details get messed up and need tweaking, like line-styles or colours).
> 
> This is maybe only happening when I work on older documents, which have
> <SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.5.3"> near the top. Have not taken time to
> test this a lot. But I would like to hear some ideas, whether just to
> wait for a new svn or to go back to 1.5.3 entirely, or needing to
> activate some new and less-obvious feature?

Hi Martin,

This sounds like a missing font issue -- make sure that you have
embedded the fonts or a subset, and if that doesn't work, try outlining
the fonts.

Greg