[Scribus] Basic questions about using ligatures in Scribus

[Craig Bradney]

On Sunday 08 May 2005 12:50, Maciej Hanski wrote:
> 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?

If you want to use ligatures, you have to put them in manually at this point 
in time.

Craig
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