[scribus] OpenType (Kerning) Support

[a.l.e]

dear anonymous user,

>    Name: Servus
>    Email Address: Lang74 at web.de
>    Subject: OpenType (Kerning) Support
>    Message:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> an unsolved problem with this otherwise great software is that it
> can't read kerning tables of OpenType-fonts. (Since the FreeType
> 2-Library used in Scribus can only read old KERN-Tables, but no
> GPOS-tables).
> 
> This seems to me a rather urgent issue, since OpenType has becom THE
> major font format and many fonts are not available unless in
> OTF-format. Is there any solution coming up...?
> 
> [I'm using Scribus 1.3.8 under Windows XP]

afaict, better OTF support is on its way and to be expected by the end
of the year in the development version.


ciao
a.l.e