[scribus] OpenType alternate glyph support

[Gregory Pittman]

On 09/01/2015 04:31 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 09/01/2015 02:35 PM, ZASKE Martin wrote:
>> +1 from me
>>
>> Looked over the link from Greg and got browsing... All looking good, not
>> least the select-font-issue. Have always hated that each font is just
>> showing its name (how can I compare "Gill" with "Verdana"?), would much
>> need to enter my own key-characters for font-selection (and filters for
>> licensing).
>>
> 
> You might have a go at the FontSampler script that comes with Scribus,
> designed to create a document which includes a sample of whichever and
> however many of your installed fonts you choose. I haven't tried it
> lately to see if it still works, but will try tonight when I get a chance.
> 

I checked out FontSample and it works in both 1.4.6 and 1.5.1 versions.
A note of caution, though -- you likely want to limit the number of
fonts you choose to select for this operation.

Greg