[Scribus] font lint tool

[Pierre Marchand]

On Tuesday 04 September 2007 15:55:36 avox wrote:
> >> craig at wallace:~/lintout$ grep -A 8 Failed * | gawk ' /^--$/ { next; }
> >> /\.\.\Failed$/ { next; } /Missing Points at Extrema$/ { next; } /^.*$/ {
> >> print $0; } ' | sort
> >> ACaslonPro-BoldItalic.otf.txt-  Self Intersecting Glyph
> >> ACaslonPro-Bold.otf.txt-  Self Intersecting Glyph
> >> ACaslonPro-Italic.otf.txt-  Self Intersecting Glyph
> >> ...
> >> WoodtypeOrnamentsStd.otf.txt-  Self Intersecting Glyph
> >> ZapfDingbatsStd.otf.txt-  Self Intersecting Glyph
> >> ZebrawoodStd-Fill.otf.txt-  Wrong Direction
> >> craig at wallace:~/lint$
>
> A future version of Scribus will probably reject those fonts for embedding.
>
> I'll probably implement a mandatory outlining for fonts with broken glyphs.
> That means they can still be used in Scribus, but they will not be copied
> into the PS or PDF file.
>
>
> /Andreas

Wouldn't be wise to check first if the broken glyphs are in use in the 
document?


-- 
Pierre Marchand