>SuSe 9.2 makes a hash of fonts IMHO > >Bart Alberti Before reading this post I had no idea of the word "hash". I've looked into the "grand dictionnaire" at http://w3.granddictionnaire.com and found just what I needed to understand.
Fonts are one of the biggest, and one of the fewest, issues the whole graphic art industry has been clashing its nails on for over nearly 20 years now. Let me be clear, it's no less than an absolute shame. Now, I hope someday we'll collectively have enough knowledge to share about *bad* fonts so they will never be a threat anymore. There are so many ways to "preflight" a job nowadays... what about preflighting a font? I was reading a story about this in a specialized "printers" magazine today. According to them, a study was conducted about 7 years ago by GATF. Fonts issues were high on a short list of the biggest problems in print shops. Seven years later, another study by The Seybold Report ends up, they say, with the very same conclusions. When I say it's a shame. The problem is... the only people that are really affected by font probs are the very end 'users'... the ones that output it. There is a lot more to understand about fonts. Thanks to Scribus, there is no way to put false bold or false italic... and this is the beginning of wisdom. Louis
