[scribus] Font substitution

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Tue Feb 21 14:47:21 UTC 2017


On 02/20/2017 08:52 PM, Jo Evans wrote:
> When I uncheck Vijaya Bold it automatically unchecks Aria Bold because this
> is the substitution for Vijaya Bold. When I go to the Font Substitution tab
> there are no entries and I can't add anything in.
> 
> I note that Windows lists Vijaya Regular as installed but there is no
> mention of Vijaya Bold. However in LibreOffice writer I can turn bold on
> and off for Vijaya formatted text. Maybe it just 'spreads' the pixels
> rather than using a (non-existant) proper Bold font.  ???
> 

1) I think the answer is to uncheck Vijaya as an available font and not
worry about setting a substitution.

2) You're probably right - LibreOffice is likely creating a bold version
of the font. Scribus won't do that.

Greg



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