Peter Linnell wrote: >>Did that. I included local.conf. Was that right? >> >> > >No, only one. Duplicate fonts can cause problems. Too fast with the >keyboard. > Ummm... only one font can go in the .fonts folder? Or should I take out the "local.conf" file?
>I goofed the first step - oops > >$ cd to directory with new fonts > >$ ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale ( for True Type fonts only) >or just (mkfontscale for Type1) >$ mkfontdir >$ fc-cache -v -f ./ > OK, so far, so good. >Because my goof would make scribus see those directories as not having >valid font paths. Scribus checks this very thouroughlly (in >self-defense) of font paths with broken fonts.dir files. Add a whole >bunch of fonts and this quality check slows down loading of Scribus. > OK, it's seeing the .fonts directory again. >This is in fact quite common with most DTP apps. They *really* need to >know what real fonts are installed *and* installed properly. > I'm fine with that. I'll take all the precision it has to offer. >>> >>> >>> >>Well, maybe that's the problem. Where would I get these? >> >> > >On my hard drive, being rewritten as fast as I can... I am hoping for a >weekend release of revised docs. > Perhaps that explains why Vera is still not in the fonts list. If I can have this working by Monday, I'll still have time to use Scribus for my newsletter, which has to come out the first of May. > >The other thing that helps is to upgrade Qt to 3.1.2, the text display >with good fonts is much improved. Probably the best since Qt 2.3.1 and >Scribus 0.6. > Too late for that today. I'll try it tomorrow. >Sorry for goofs, we are only human... > I know all about it. The fact that I'm still struggling to get this to do what I want doesn't mean I'm not grateful for all the work that's gone into it. >Regards, >Peter > -- Steve ===== You fell for one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia. - Vizzini, The Princess Bride
