On Sunday 28 January 2007 15:02:28 jon wrote: > >> Hi Michael, > >> > >> I think it could help us and you a lot to figure out what the problem > >> is if you stay with one procedure after another. > >> Installing Fink and scribus with Fink is only one way (btw the sw > >> folder must exactly stay where put). > >> If you want to install additional software with Fink you might need > >> Fink Commander (the GUI for Fink), too. > >> > >> If it seems that there is a font related problem, this should be > >> cleared out first, before you try different approaches. > >> > >> I really recommend to disable all privately installed fonts by > >> temporarely removing them from the previously mentioned directories. > >> After that: startup X11(or a prog that makes use of it) to let it > >> rewrite its font cache. > >> For this time you might leave fonts installed in the X11 directory > >> untouched. > > > > ? ?Jon, what is considered the fonts I need to leave? Is there a list > > I should refer to? > > ? ? ?Again, can you indicate for me where I need to look to move these > > fonts? > > ? ? ?Seems to me, there are 3 spots? > > One important note - I copied the names of my system fonts with a > standard installation (10.4.8) - there > might be minor differencies in yours. Have a look a the modification > date and you can easily find out if there are others, > but these do have to stay at least: > > system/library/fonts/ > > >>>>>>>>>stay where put:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > ????.ttf > ????.ttf > ?? Pro.ttf > ???????? Std W8.otf > ???????? Pro W6.otf > ???????? Pro W3.otf > ??????? Pro W6.otf > ??????? Pro W3.otf > ???????? Pro W4.otf > ZapfDingbats.dfont > TimesLTMM > Times.dfont > Times LT MM > Symbol.dfont > OsakaMono.dfont > Osaka.dfont > Monaco.dfont > LucidaGrande.dfont > LastResort.dfont > Keyboard.dfont > Helvetica.dfont > Helvetica LT MM > HelveLTMM > Hei.dfont > Geneva.dfont > Geeza Pro.ttf > Geeza Pro Bold.ttf > Courier.dfont > AquaKanaRegular.otf > AquaKanaBold.otf > AppleGothic.dfont > Apple LiGothic Medium.dfont > > > /library/fonts/ > > >>>>>>>>>stay where put:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Andale Mono > Ayuthaya.ttf > ArialHBBold.ttf > ArialHB.ttf > Arial Rounded Bold > Arial Narrow > Arial Black > Arial > NewPeninimMTBoldInclined.ttf > Courier New > CorsivaBold.ttf > Corsiva.ttf > Copperplate.dfont > Comic Sans MS > ????.ttf > ????.ttf > ????.ttf > ?? Pro.ttf > Zapfino.dfont > Webdings > Verdana > Trebuchet MS > Times New Roman > Thonburi.ttf > Skia.dfont > Silom.ttf > Sathu.ttf > RaananaBold.ttf > Raanana.ttf > AmericanTypewriter.dfont > NewPeninimMTBold.ttf > NewPeninimMT.ttf > Nadeem.ttf > MshtakanRegular.ttf > MshtakanOblique.ttf > MshtakanBoldOblique.ttf > MshtakanBold.ttf > MarkerFelt.dfont > KufiStandarGK.ttf > Krungthep.ttf > Kai.dfont > InaiMathi.ttf > Impact > Hoefler Text.dfont > Herculanum.dfont > HelveticaNeue.dfont > HelveticaCY.dfont > Gurmukhi.ttf > GujaratiMTBold.ttf > GujaratiMT.ttf > GillSans.dfont > Georgia > GenevaCY.dfont > Futura.dfont > EuphemiaCASRegular.ttf > EuphemiaCASItalic.ttf > EuphemiaCASBold.ttf > Didot.dfont > DevanagariMTBold.ttf > DevanagariMT.ttf > DecoTypeNaskh.ttf > PlantagenetCherokee.ttf > Papyrus.dfont > Optima.dfont > NISC18030.ttf > NewPeninimMTInclined.ttf > AlBayan.ttf > #Gungseouche.dfont > BigCaslon.dfont > BiauKai.dfont > Baskerville.dfont > Baghdad.ttf > #Pilgiche.dfont > #HeadlineA.dfont > AppleMyungjo.dfont > Apple Symbols.ttf > Apple LiSung Light.dfont > Apple Chancery.dfont > Cochin.dfont > CharcoalCY.dfont > ChalkboardBold.ttf > Chalkboard.ttf > Brush Script > #PCmyoungjo.dfont > AlBayanBold.ttf > >
Temporarily removing all those fonts containing Asian characters might help a lot. Scribus scans every font for broken glyphs, and when a font contains thousands of glyphs, like some Asian fonts do it can take a long time. Regards Craig
