[Scribus] Can't use text in Scribus, can't select font.

[Gregory Pittman]

Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> I have a problem with text frames in new documents.
>
> When I create a new text frame and try to edit text it won't let me. The
> font dropdown box doesn't display a selected font. When I click the
> dropdown box I see all the installed fonts, but clicking on one just
> closes the dropdown box without activating the selected font.
>   
Not sure I follow you. Are you using Story Editor to enter text? Maybe 
check out:
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_text_frames
> If I load some text from a file it shows up correctly in the edit text
> dialog, but in Scribus all the characters are displayed as squares instead.
>   
This is what happens when your font does not have the characters 
contained in the frame. Maybe Scribus is not finding fonts properly?
> On the console some "QComboBox::changeItem: (fontStyle) Index 0 out of
> range" error messages are displayed.
>
> I use the scribus-ng package from Debian (Scribus 1.3.4) on a 64 Bit system.
>
> If I open an old document (created using the same Scribus version on my
> 32 Bit notebook before it broke) everything works, I can add text
> frames, edit the text, etc.
>   
I think you need a 64-bit version of Scribus...

Greg