[Scribus] Rotis: font-problem

[Ralf Höling]

Hi Martin!
Am 20.03.2004 um 17:13 schrieb Martin Costabel:

> Ralf H?ling wrote:
>
>> Here it's also greyed out but Scribus finds also some fonts in 
>> /Library/fonts/. Only Truetype I think.
>
> I can explain this (that's about the extent of my understanding ;-) ):
>
> Fink's applesystemfonts package transforms (using fondu) the *.dfonts 
> font files (and a couple of others) it finds in 
> [/System]/Library/Fonts into *.ttf files in 
> /sw/lib/X11/fonts/applettf/. The fonts that are already in *.ttf 
> format in the system directories are not copied, only symlinked. So 
> when scribus scans the /sw/lib/X11/fonts/applettf/ directory, it finds 
> and follows these symlinks. This looks like it found fonts in 
> /Library/Fonts, but in reality it did not look there.
>
> I made a test with a free font that is also advertized as "Apple 
> postscript". It came in a *.suit format that is identified as "Font 
> suitcase" by "Get Info". As it is, it is not recognized by scribus, 
> but fondu digests it without hesitating and spits out a *.ttf file 
> that is accepted by scribus. I don't know if this story is of any help 
> to you, but I suspect you need to find some tool to convert your font 
> to *.ttf format.

So, if applesystemfonts doesn't convert my font to .ttf there is no 
chance of using it in Scribus? Thats sad. Should I buy a "Windows 
TTF"-Version of this font (I dont' like this thought!)? would that 
work? <http://www.linotype.com/49198/rotissemisans-family.html>

Thanks
Ralf