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0013929ScribusFontspublic2016-04-09 17:02
ReporterScriber Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOS7OS Version64 bit
Product Version1.4.6 
Summary0013929: TTF Font: subset cannot be deactivated and therefore cannot be embedded
DescriptionI have one TTF Font out of a family of five fonts where I cannot uncheck the "subset" marker, see screenshot.

As a consequence, Scribus does not embed the font in the PDF file, the text looks somehow ugly. The font is not listed in the PDF fonts list.

Scribus 1.4.5 was different. Embedding was no problem.
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Scriber

2016-04-08 15:56

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font-subset-one-font.png (31,057 bytes)   
font-subset-one-font.png (31,057 bytes)   

Scriber

2016-04-08 17:06

reporter   ~0039910

This seems to affect only font files in the same folder, next to the .sla file. When the bold font is installed in Windows, subset is deactivable and embeddable.

jghali

2016-04-08 18:57

administrator   ~0039918

Unable to reproduce. Please provide document with all fonts.

Scriber

2016-04-09 06:53

reporter   ~0039945

@jghali
Can I send you a direct message somehow?
It seems to affect only this one ttf file which is copyrighted.
For file an empty 1.4.6 sla file does it.
Place it next to the ttf file and start scribus via the empty document.

Scriber

2016-04-09 09:21

reporter   ~0039947

When I try to set an additional path (Desktop) with the ttf file, Scribus hangs and crashes in the next startup. I had to delete the Appdata\Roaming\Scribus folder to restart again.

Scriber

2016-04-09 09:22

reporter  

new-font-in-additional-path.png (28,992 bytes)   
new-font-in-additional-path.png (28,992 bytes)   

jghali

2016-04-09 10:08

administrator   ~0039948

>>@jghali
>>Can I send you a direct message somehow?

You'll find my email address in Scribus about box.

jghali

2016-04-09 15:07

administrator   ~0039963

Last edited: 2016-04-09 16:14

In the set of fonts you sent me, the AWO Fago Office Bold font has a broken PostScript glyph name table, which is why 1.4.x will not embed it, but outline it. I tested 1.4.5, 1.4.6 and 1.4.7.svn and I do get consistent behavior across those versions.

The fact that the bold font is installed on Windows does not change that behavior. If it changes the behavior on your computer, you should look if you do not have different versions of that font on your computer.

Scriber

2016-04-09 16:35

reporter  

Dokument-1.pdf (50,552 bytes)

Scriber

2016-04-09 16:35

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Scriber

2016-04-09 16:37

reporter   ~0039968

You got the file from the same folder from where I installed it to Windows. I compared the checksums. Installed in Windows 7, the subset is deselectable and the font is embeddable, see sample pdf.

jghali

2016-04-09 16:59

administrator   ~0039976

Last edited: 2016-04-09 17:02

I installed the font. But the font was still not embeddable. As mentionned in my previous note, I did not get any behavior difference depending on whether font was installed in Windows or not.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-04-08 15:56 Scriber New Issue
2016-04-08 15:56 Scriber File Added: font-subset-one-font.png
2016-04-08 17:06 Scriber Note Added: 0039910
2016-04-08 18:57 jghali Note Added: 0039918
2016-04-08 18:57 jghali Severity major => minor
2016-04-09 06:53 Scriber Note Added: 0039945
2016-04-09 09:21 Scriber Note Added: 0039947
2016-04-09 09:22 Scriber File Added: new-font-in-additional-path.png
2016-04-09 10:08 jghali Note Added: 0039948
2016-04-09 15:07 jghali Note Added: 0039963
2016-04-09 16:14 jghali Note Edited: 0039963
2016-04-09 16:35 Scriber File Added: Dokument-1.pdf
2016-04-09 16:35 Scriber File Added: ttf-font installed in Windows.png
2016-04-09 16:37 Scriber Note Added: 0039968
2016-04-09 16:59 jghali Note Added: 0039976
2016-04-09 17:02 jghali Note Edited: 0039976