[Scribus] Basic questions about using ligatures in Scribus

[Maciej Hanski]

On Sun, 8 May 2005 13:22:33 +0200
Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote:

> On Sunday 08 May 2005 12:17, Maciej Hanski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I dimly remember some previous exchange of thoughts about using
> > ligatures in Scribus -- basicly, it was about having proper .afm
> > files, right? So now I have some basic questions, how to get it up
> > and running.
> >
> > Q1:  I added an additonal path to a Type1 font in
> > Settings>Fonts>Additional Paths, how do I let Scribus know about its
> > afm files?
> >
> > Long explanation: I've added this well designed Polish Type1 font
> > ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp.zip, now
> > I can use it in Scribus, but the afm files are located  elsewhere.
> > How does Scribus find them?
> >
> >
> > Q2: How/when does Scribus substitute single glyphs with ligatures?
> >
> > Long explanation: According to it's description, some glyphs of this
> > font should be replaced by  ligatures, e.g. "f+f" should be
> > substituted by "ff","hyphen + hyphen" should be replaced by "ndash",
> > etc. Does it happen in Scribus automatically while filling a text
> > frame with text, or at another point of time?
> >
> >
> > Q3: Could somebody deliver a very simple real life example with
> > Scribus?
> >
> > many thanks in advance
> > cheers
> > Maciej
> 
> Scribus does no auto glyph replacement. Scribus uses the AFM files for
> font metrics if they exist, otherwise it will use what freetype says.
> 

I'm not quite sure, what that means. Do I have to enter
ligatures manually, if I want to use them, or does freetype do the glyph replacements
automatically?

Maciej