Scribus uses unicode as the character set. This means that it is important > to make sure the font used really have a glyph for the character code you > are using. Remember, all that is in the Scribus file is a charcter code (a > number). What is displayed on the screen depends on which glyph the font in > use has for that character code. > > I think it sounds as if you have switched to a font which doesn't even have > placeholder glyphs for the characters you are typing.
Ah! Yes that explains my findings. I had similar problems but not with Trebuchet, I changed the font and the problem disappeared without knowing what I had done. I can't use webdings or wingdings. I use 1.3.3.10 in FC8 Thanks Roger
