[scribus] Font problem

[john Culleton]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:45:09 +0200
"Jean-Paul Gendner" <jean-paul.gendner at orange.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 	To try to understand my font problem, I
> just created a small example file, and found
> one more problem: some characters (from the
> Symbol regular font) showed in Scribus are not
> the same as in the pdf output file!
> 
> 	May anyone please download my example
> files? Here the pdf file to see if its opening
> generates also an error message:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49636799/Test_Symbol.pdf
> 
> Here the Scribus file to generate a pdf file to
> see if 1) it generates also an error message;
> 2) to compare the symbol characters in Scribus
> and in the pdf file:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49636799/Test_Symbol.sla
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	Jean-Paul
> 
> 
> ****************
> Jean-Paul Gendner
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> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Gregory Pittman
> [mailto:gpittman at iglou.com] Envoyé : mardi 1
> juillet 2014 22:32 À : Scribus User Mailing List
> Objet : Re: [scribus] Font problem
> 
> On 07/01/2014 12:40 PM, Jean-Paul Gendner wrote:
> > 	I have do that already and only found
> > "<Fonts Name="Symbol Regular"/>". No
> > "SymbolMT". I also have tried to remove the
> > characters using the Symbol Regular font, and
> > then all was working well. I forgot to say
> > that the symbols are right in the pdf file.
> > There is only the error message.
> > 
> 
> In general I think it's safe to ignore such
> messages as long as you find no problems with
> your layout. There are situations in which
> Scribus may include a font which is not
> actually ever used. The most common example is
> when you might have a default font set for text
> frames, but have altered this to something else
> in the document, so no characters actually use
> the font, even though it's still the default.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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Your pdf file shows three embedded fonts, one
with no name (Type 3) and two iterations of
Symbol MT.

The pdf file displays fine with no error
messages using Okular.

In Scribus I get font errors because I don't have
those fonts. 

HTH


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