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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0015042ScribusText Frames / Story Editorpublic2017-11-20 11:10
Reporteru ltd. Assigned Tojghali  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Platformamd64OSalike debianOS Version9
Product Version1.5.3 
Summary0015042: Fonts installed but not available
DescriptionOn my system there's the DejaVu font and the "arphic" package installed. The paths are set correctly, yet Scribus doesn't show these fonts. (See screenshot)

It would be nice to get a message about the not-loading and the reason for it at least.
Additional InformationHappens also on Scribus 1.4.6.

I did personally copy-over some >UTF-16 chars into a working font and it worked there. -> That's not the issue.

I didn't make a complete list/comparison of (installed != available) fonts.
TagsCJK, fonts
PatchNo

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u ltd.

2017-11-19 21:43

reporter  

Scribus--Not_all_fonts.png (99,711 bytes)   
Scribus--Not_all_fonts.png (99,711 bytes)   

jghali

2017-11-20 00:11

administrator   ~0044635

This is a bug caused by some FreeType versions which fail when loading some glyphs outlines and make us consider some fonts as broken. At least FreeType 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 are affected. FreeType 2.6.5 was fixed. Unfortunately Debian 9 has FreeType 2.6.3. If you upgrade FreeType to >= 2.6.5, you will have to clear scribus font cache.

u ltd.

2017-11-20 10:12

reporter   ~0044639

Thank you - that worked.

Just for information of the GNU/Linux oriented public:
- I upgraded FreeType (you are right, old version was 2.6.3 in debian package manager)
- For scribus 1.4.6 I had to rm ~/.scribus/checkfonts.xml
- For scribus 1.5.3 I had to rm ~/.config/scribus/checkfonts150.xml

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-11-19 21:43 u ltd. New Issue
2017-11-19 21:43 u ltd. File Added: Scribus--Not_all_fonts.png
2017-11-19 21:43 u ltd. Tag Attached: CJK
2017-11-19 21:43 u ltd. Tag Attached: fonts
2017-11-20 00:11 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2017-11-20 00:11 jghali Status new => resolved
2017-11-20 00:11 jghali Resolution open => no change required
2017-11-20 00:11 jghali Note Added: 0044635
2017-11-20 00:11 jghali Status resolved => closed
2017-11-20 10:12 u ltd. Status closed => feedback
2017-11-20 10:12 u ltd. Resolution no change required => reopened
2017-11-20 10:12 u ltd. Note Added: 0044639
2017-11-20 11:10 jghali Status feedback => resolved
2017-11-20 11:10 jghali Resolution reopened => no change required
2017-11-20 11:10 jghali Status resolved => closed
2025-04-27 19:16 cbradney Category Story Editor / Text Frames => Text Frames / Story Editor