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0014475ScribusFontspublic2016-12-14 23:10
Reporterukretschmer Assigned Tojghali  
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.5.2 
Summary0014475: Dejavu font not found
DescriptionOn Ubuntu 16.10 the Dejavu fonts are no longer accessable by Scribus. I used those fonts in my documents and i really need that to be working. The fonts are installed in the default location /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu. Only one font from this location is recognized by Scribus: DejaVu Math TeX Gyre Regular, all other variants from the same location not.
Steps To ReproduceUse Scribus on Ubuntu 16.10 with installed dejavu-packages, open Scribus, open general settings > fonts. There will be no DejaVu, except the one mentioned.
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ukretschmer

2016-12-14 14:20

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Laser

2016-12-14 17:20

reporter   ~0043004

We already had this.
It's a bug in the font, should be fixed. (But I never tried as I don't like the font)
Try to get the latest dejavu-packages (from another source) and inform the ubuntu maintainers.

jghali

2016-12-14 23:09

administrator   ~0043014

Last edited: 2016-12-14 23:09

No, that's not the font the problem. The problem is the FreeType version Ubuntu 16.10 ships (2.6.3). Freetype versions from 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 at least have an issue which prevent some glyphs to be loaded, making the font appear as broken. I've not tested 2.6.4, but Freetype 2.6.5 works for me.

We cannot do much here, the only solution is to use either a distro not effected by the issue or to use a newer FreeType version.

In any case, this is not a scribus issue. You should inform Ubuntu maintainers.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-12-14 14:20 ukretschmer New Issue
2016-12-14 14:20 ukretschmer File Added: Bildschirmfoto vom 2016-12-14 14-56-40.png
2016-12-14 14:20 ukretschmer Tag Attached: fonts
2016-12-14 17:20 Laser Note Added: 0043004
2016-12-14 23:09 jghali Note Added: 0043014
2016-12-14 23:09 jghali Note Edited: 0043014
2016-12-14 23:10 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2016-12-14 23:10 jghali Status new => resolved
2016-12-14 23:10 jghali Resolution open => no change required
2016-12-14 23:10 jghali Status resolved => closed
2017-01-16 20:14 jghali Relationship added has duplicate 0014561