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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0017854ScribusImport / Exportpublic2026-06-19 22:092026-07-01 20:00
ReporterTert0 Assigned Tocbradney  
PrioritynormalSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
OSNixOSOS Version25.11 
Product Version1.7.3 
Fixed in Version1.7.4.svn 
Summary0017854: Crash on PDF/X Export with Invalid Character Style
DescriptionWhen exporting a PDF/X file from a document with a text frame that references a character style that does not exist (anymore), Scribus will crash with a SEGFAULT trying to figure out which fonts should be embedded.

The SEGFAULT happens in TabPDFOptions::EmbedAll but the QMap m_docFonts comes from ScribusDoc::reorganiseFonts and (incorrectly) contains a empty string key because the character style of the text frame does not exist.
Steps To Reproduce1. Open the attached document
2. File -> Export -> Save as PDF
-> Scribus crashes with SEGFAULT (Signal 11)
Additional InformationCurrently I have not found a way to reproduce the issue that causes the invalid character style reference in the Scribus document and therefore I used a Text Editor to produce the attached example file.
TagsCharacter Style, crash
Attached Files
ScribusCrashExample.sla (17,763 bytes)    
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.7.2">
    <Document PageCount="1" PageWidth="595.275590551181" PageHeight="841.889763779528" BorderLeft="40" BorderRight="40" BorderTop="40" BorderBottom="40" MarginPreset="0" BleedTop="0" BleedLeft="0" BleedRight="0" BleedBottom="0" PageOrientation="0" PageSize="IsoA_A04" FirstPageNumber="1" PagePositioning="0" AutomaticTextFrameColumnCount="1" AutomaticTextFrameColumnGap="11" UnitIndex="1" FontFace="DejaVu Sans Book" FontSize="12" TextColumnCount="1" TextColumnGap="0" TabFillCharacter="" TabWidth="36" TextDistanceLeft="0" TextDistanceRight="0" TextDistanceBottom="0" TextDistanceTop="0" FirstLineOffset="1" DocumentInfoAuthor="" DocumentInfoComments="" DocumentInfoKeywords="" DocumentInfoPublisher="" DocumentInfoDate="" DocumentInfoType="" DocumentInfoFormat="" DocumentInfoIdentifier="" DocumentInfoSource="" DocumentInfoLanguage="" DocumentInfoRelation="" DocumentInfoCoverage="" DocumentInfoRights="" DocumentInfoContributors="" DocumentInfoTitle="" DocumentInfoSubject="" SuperScriptDisplacement="33" SuperScriptScaling="66" SubScriptDisplacement="33" SubScriptScaling="66" SmallCapsScaling="75" BaselineGridSpacing="14.4" BaselineGridOffset="0" AutoLineSpacingPct="100" UnderlinePosition="-1" UnderlineWidth="-1" StrikeThruPosition="-1" StrikeThruWidth="-1" GroupCounter="1" DocumentHasCMS="1" SoftProofOn="0" SoftProofFullOn="0" ColorManagementActive="1" GamutCheck="0" BlackPoint="1" DefaultPrinterProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultImageRGBProfile="sRGB display profile (ICC v2.2)" DefaultImageCMYKProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultSolidColorRGBProfile="sRGB display profile (ICC v2.2)" DefaultSolidColorCMYKProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultIntentColors="1" DefaultIntentImages="0" ActiveLayer="0" Language="de" AutomaticHyphenation="1" AutomaticHyphenationCheck="0" GuideLock="0" SnapToGuides="0" SnapToGrid="0" SnapToItems="0" MinorGridSpacing="20.0012598425197" MajorGridSpacing="100.00062992126" ShowGrid="0" ShowGuides="1" ShowColumnBorders="1" ShowFrames="1" ShowControls="0" ShowLayerMarkers="0" ShowMargins="1" ShowBaselineGrid="0" ShowImages="1" ShowLinks="0" RulerMode="1" ShowRulers="1" ShowBleed="1" RulerXOffset="0" RulerYOffset="0" GuideRadius="10" GrabRadius="4" PolygonCorners="4" PolygonFactor="0.502045814642449" PolygonRotation="0" PolygonInnerRotation="0" PolygonCurvature="0" PolygonOuterCurvature="0" PolygonUseFactor="0" ArcStartAngle="30" ArcSweepAngle="300" SpiralStartAngle="0" SpiralEndAngle="1080" SpiralFactor="1.2" AutoSave="0" AutoSaveTime="600000" AutoSaveCount="1" AutoSaveKeep="0" AutoSaveInDocumentDirectory="1" AutoSaveDirectory="" ScratchBottom="20.0012598425197" ScratchLeft="100.00062992126" ScratchRight="100.00062992126" ScratchTop="20.0012598425197" GapHorizontal="0" GapVertical="39.9996850393701" LineStartArrow="0" LineEndArrow="0" ShapeLineColor="Black" ShapeFillColor="None" LineColor="Black" TextColor="Black" TextStrokeColor="Black" TextBackgroundColor="None" TextLineColor="None" TextBackgroundColorShade="100" TextLineColorShade="100" TextColorShade="100" TextStrokeColorShade="100" ShapeLineStyle="1" LineStyle="1" ShapeLineWidth="1" LineWidth="1" ShapeLineColorShade="100" LineColorShade="100" ShapeFillColorShade="100" ImageFillColor="None" ImageFillColorShade="100" ImageStrokeColor="None" ImageStrokeColorShade="100" ImageScaleX="1" ImageScaleY="1" ImageScaleType="1" ImageAspectRatio="1" ImageUseEmbeddedPath="0" ImageLowResType="1" DisplayOffsetX="10.0006299212598" DisplayOffsetY="10.0006299212598" RotationConstrainAngle="15" MinorGridColor="#00ff00" MajorGridColor="#00ff00" GuidesColor="#000080" BaselineGridColor="#c0c0c0" RenderStack="2 0 4 1 3" GridType="0" PageColor="#ffffff" MarginColor="#0000ff" ShowMarginsFilled="0" CurrentProfile="PDF 1.4" CalligraphicPenFillColor="Black" CalligraphicPenLineColor="Black" CalligraphicPenFillColorShade="100" CalligraphicPenLineColorShade="100" CalligraphicPenLineWidth="1" CalligraphicPenAngle="0" CalligraphicPenWidth="10" CalligraphicPenStyle="1">
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF 1.3" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="1" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="0" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="1" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="0"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF 1.4" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="0" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="0" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="1" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF 1.5" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="0" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="0" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="1" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF 1.6" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="0" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="0" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="0" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF/X-1a" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="1" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="1" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="1" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="1" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF/X-3" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="1" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="1" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="1" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="1" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PDF/X-4" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="0" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="1" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="1" CheckFontNotEmbedded="1" CheckFontIsOpenType="0" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <CheckProfile Name="PostScript" IgnoreErrors="0" AutoCheck="1" CheckGlyphs="1" CheckOrphans="1" CheckOverflow="1" CheckPictures="1" CheckPartFilledImageFrames="0" CheckResolution="1" CheckTransparency="1" MinimumResolution="144" MaximumResolution="2400" CheckAnnotations="0" CheckRasterPDF="1" CheckForGIF="1" IgnoreOffLayers="0" CheckNotCMYKOrSpot="0" CheckDeviceColorsAndOutputIntent="0" CheckFontNotEmbedded="0" CheckFontIsOpenType="0" CheckAppliedMasterDifferentSide="1" CheckEmptyTextFrames="1" CheckImageHasProgressiveEncoding="1"/>
        <Color Name="Black" Space="CMYK" C="0" M="0" Y="0" K="100"/>
        <Color Name="Registration" Space="CMYK" C="100" M="100" Y="100" K="100" Register="1"/>
        <Color Name="White" Space="CMYK" C="0" M="0" Y="0" K="0"/>
        <Hyphenator/>
        <CharacterStyle Name="Default Character Style" DefaultStyle="1" Font="DejaVu Sans Book" FontSize="12" FontFeatures="" Features="inherit" FontColor="Black" FillShade="100" HyphenWordMinimum="3" StrokeColor="Black" BackgroundColor="None" BackgroundShade="100" StrokeShade="100" TextShadowXOffset="5" TextShadowYOffset="-5" TextOutlineWidth="1" TextUnderlineOffset="-0.1" TextUnderlineWidth="-0.1" TextStrikeThroughOffset="-0.1" TextStrikeThroughWidth="-0.1" ScaleHorizontal="100" ScaleVertical="100" BaselineOffset="0" Kerning="0" Language="de"/>
        <CharacterStyle Name="MyCharStyle" Language="de"/>
        <ParagraphStyle Name="Default Paragraph Style" DefaultStyle="1" Alignment="0" Direction="0" LineSpacingMode="0" LineSpacing="15" LeftMargin="0" RightMargin="0" FirstIndent="0" GapBefore="0" GapAfter="0" ParagraphEffectOffset="0" HasDropCap="0" DropCapLines="2" Bullet="0" Numeration="0" HyphenConsecutiveLines="2" ParagraphBackgroundColor="None" ParagraphBackgroundColorShade="100"/>
        <ParagraphStyle Name="New Style" OpticalMarginSetId="preset_0" Language="de"/>
        <TableStyle Name="Default Table Style" DefaultStyle="1" FillColor="None" FillShade="100">
            <TableBorderLeft>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderLeft>
            <TableBorderRight>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderRight>
            <TableBorderTop>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderTop>
            <TableBorderBottom>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderBottom>
        </TableStyle>
        <CellStyle Name="Default Cell Style" DefaultStyle="1" FillColor="None" FillShade="100" LeftPadding="1" RightPadding="1" TopPadding="1" BottomPadding="1"/>
        <Layers Number="0" Level="0" Name="Background" IsViewable="1" IsPrintable="1" IsEditable="1" IsSelectable="0" FlowControl="1" Transparency="1" BlendMode="0" OutlineMode="0" LayerColor="#000000"/>
        <Printer firstUse="1" toFile="0" useAltPrintCommand="0" outputSeparations="0" useSpotColors="1" useColor="1" mirrorH="0" mirrorV="0" useICC="1" doGCR="0" doClip="0" setDevParam="0" useDocBleeds="1" cropMarks="0" bleedMarks="0" registrationMarks="0" colorMarks="0" includePDFMarks="1" PSLevel="3" PrintEngine="3" markLength="20.0013" markOffset="0" BleedTop="0" BleedLeft="0" BleedRight="0" BleedBottom="0" printer="Brother_DCP-L3550CDW_series" filename="" separationName="All" printerCommand=""/>
        <PDF firstUse="0" Thumbnails="0" Articles="0" Bookmarks="0" Compress="1" CMethod="0" Quality="0" EmbedPDF="0" MirrorH="0" MirrorV="0" Clip="0" rangeSel="0" rangeTxt="" RotateDeg="0" PresentMode="0" RecalcPic="0" FontEmbedding="0" Grayscale="0" RGBMode="0" UseProfiles="0" UseProfiles2="1" Binding="0" PicRes="300" Resolution="300" Version="12" Intent="1" Intent2="0" SolidP="Lenovo Group Limited 24&quot;" ImageP="Lenovo Group Limited 24&quot;" PrintP="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" InfoString="ScribusCrashExample.sla" BTop="0" BLeft="0" BRight="0" BBottom="0" useDocBleeds="0" cropMarks="0" bleedMarks="0" registrationMarks="0" colorMarks="0" docInfoMarks="0" markLength="20.0012598425197" markOffset="0" ImagePr="0" PassOwner="" PassUser="" Permissions="-4" Encrypt="0" UseLayers="0" UseLpi="0" UseSpotColors="1" doMultiFile="0" displayBookmarks="0" displayFullscreen="0" displayLayers="0" displayThumbs="0" hideMenuBar="0" hideToolBar="0" fitWindow="0" openAfterExport="0" PageLayout="0" openAction="">
            <Subset Name="DejaVu Sans Book"/>
            <LPI Color="" Frequency="10" Angle="0" SpotFunction="0"/>
            <LPI Color="Black" Frequency="133" Angle="45" SpotFunction="3"/>
            <LPI Color="Cyan" Frequency="133" Angle="105" SpotFunction="3"/>
            <LPI Color="Magenta" Frequency="133" Angle="75" SpotFunction="3"/>
            <LPI Color="Yellow" Frequency="133" Angle="90" SpotFunction="3"/>
        </PDF>
        <DocItemAttributes/>
        <Indexes/>
        <TablesOfContents/>
        <NotesStyles>
            <notesStyle Name="Default" Start="1" Endnotes="0" Type="Type_1_2_3" Range="0" Prefix="" Suffix=")" AutoHeight="1" AutoWidth="1" AutoRemove="1" AutoWeld="1" SuperNote="1" SuperMaster="1" MarksStyle="" NotesStyle=""/>
        </NotesStyles>
        <OpticalMarginSets>
            <Set Id="preset_0" Type="preset" Name="Vorgabe">
                <Rules>
                    <Rule Left="0" Right="0.5" Unit="7" Characters="U+003A,U+003B,U+2013,U+2033"/>
                    <Rule Left="0" Right="0.75" Unit="7" Characters="U+002C,U+002D,U+002E,U+2010,U+2032"/>
                    <Rule Left="0.25" Right="0.25" Unit="7" Characters="U+2014"/>
                    <Rule Left="0.5" Right="0" Unit="7" Characters="U+2036"/>
                    <Rule Left="0.5" Right="0.5" Unit="7" Characters="U+0022,U+0028,U+0029,U+005B,U+005D,U+00AB,U+00BB,U+201C,U+201D,U+201E,U+201F"/>
                    <Rule Left="0.75" Right="0" Unit="7" Characters="U+2035"/>
                    <Rule Left="0.75" Right="0.75" Unit="7" Characters="U+0027,U+002A,U+0060,U+007E,U+00B4,U+2018,U+2019,U+201A,U+201B,U+2039,U+203A"/>
                </Rules>
            </Set>
        </OpticalMarginSets>
        <PageSets>
            <Set Name="Single Page" FirstPage="0" Rows="1" Columns="1"/>
            <Set Name="Facing Pages" FirstPage="1" Rows="1" Columns="2">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
            <Set Name="3-Fold" FirstPage="0" Rows="1" Columns="3">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
            <Set Name="4-Fold" FirstPage="0" Rows="1" Columns="4">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle Left"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle Right"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
        </PageSets>
        <Sections>
            <Section Number="0" Name="Section 1" From="0" To="0" Type="Type_1_2_3" Start="1" Reversed="0" Active="1" FillChar="0" FieldWidth="0"/>
        </Sections>
        <MasterPage PageXPosition="100.00062992126" PageYPosition="20.0012598425197" PageWidth="595.275590551181" PageHeight="841.889763779528" BorderLeft="40" BorderRight="40" BorderTop="40" BorderBottom="40" PageNumber="0" PageName="Normal" MasterPageName="" Size="IsoA_A04" Orientation="0" LeftPage="0" Preset="0" VerticalGuides="" HorizontalGuides="" AutoGuideHorizontalGap="0" AutoGuideVerticalGap="0" AutoGuideHorizontalCount="0" AutoGuideVerticalCount="0" AutoGuideHorizontalReference="0" AutoGuideVerticalReference="0" AutoGuideSelection="0 0 0 0" PageEffectDuration="1" PageViewDuration="1" PageEffectType="0" PageEffectLineDirection="0" PageEffectInsideOutside="0" PageEffectDirection="0"/>
        <Page PageXPosition="100.00062992126" PageYPosition="20.0012598425197" PageWidth="595.275590551181" PageHeight="841.889763779528" BorderLeft="40" BorderRight="40" BorderTop="40" BorderBottom="40" PageNumber="0" PageName="" MasterPageName="Normal" Size="IsoA_A04" Orientation="0" LeftPage="0" Preset="0" VerticalGuides="" HorizontalGuides="" AutoGuideHorizontalGap="0" AutoGuideVerticalGap="0" AutoGuideHorizontalCount="0" AutoGuideVerticalCount="0" AutoGuideHorizontalReference="0" AutoGuideVerticalReference="0" AutoGuideSelection="0 0 0 0" PageEffectDuration="1" PageViewDuration="1" PageEffectType="0" PageEffectLineDirection="0" PageEffectInsideOutside="0" PageEffectDirection="0"/>
        <MasterObject XPosition="193.543937007874" YPosition="122.553451331882" OwnPage="0" ItemID="453551486" ItemType="4" Width="410.030160998492" Height="157.021276595745" FrameType="0" ClipEdited="0" LineWidth="1" LinePenStyle="1" ImageScaleX="1" ImageScaleY="1" ImageOffsetX="0" ImageOffsetY="0" ImageRotation="0" ImageVisible="1" ImageScaleType="1" ImageRatio="1" Columns="1" ColumnGap="0" AutomaticTextFrame="0" TextToFrameDistanceLeft="0" TextToFrameDistanceTop="0" TextToFrameDistanceBottom="0" TextToFrameDistanceRight="0" VerticalAlignment="0" FirstLineOffset="1" PathTextShowPath="0" PathTextDistanceFromPath="0" TextPathType="0" TextPathFlipped="0" Path="M0 0 L410.03 0 L410.03 157.021 L0 157.021 L0 0 Z" ContourLinePath="M0 0 L410.03 0 L410.03 157.021 L0 157.021 L0 0 Z" OnMasterPage="Normal" gXpos="193.543937007874" gYpos="122.553451331882" gWidth="0" gHeight="0" ParagraphStyle="Default Paragraph Style" Layer="0" NextItem="-1" BackItem="-1">
            <StoryText>
                <DefaultStyle Parent="Default Paragraph Style" CParent="MyCharStyle_2"/>
                <Content CParent="MyCharStyle" Chars="Hello World"/>
                <trail Parent="Default Paragraph Style"/>
            </StoryText>
        </MasterObject>
    </Document>
</SCRIBUSUTF8NEW>
ScribusCrashExample.sla (17,763 bytes)   
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ale

2026-06-20 07:11

manager   ~0053848

In such a case, Scribus should not ignore the error!

Crashing is not nice, but is IMHO better than producing a wrong PDF.

When encountering such an error, Scribus should show a useful error message and refuse to produce the PDF (but I really wonder how a user can then find and fix the missing text style...)

Of course, Scribus should never be able to get to the point where text references a not existing style... But that's a different topic.

ale

2026-06-20 07:20

manager   ~0053849

Having had a look at the .sla file:

- The text is in the master page, not on the page
- The missing char style is referenced MyCharStyle_2 and is referenced as the parent of the CParent of the DefaultStyle in the text frame.

Tert0

2026-06-20 13:54

reporter   ~0053852

Last edited: 2026-06-20 15:19

 > When encountering such an error, Scribus should show a useful error message and refuse to produce the PDF (but I really wonder how a user can then find and fix the missing text style...)
I'd suggest to not refuse to create the PDF but show invalid character styles referenced by text frames as errors in the Preflight Verifier. Users then could click through those errors and fix them manually before exporting the PDF.

> Of course, Scribus should never be able to get to the point where text references a not existing style... But that's a different topic.
With some trial and error I found a way to consistently reproduce the issue that created such a file. I reported this separately as 0017855

> - The text is in the master page, not on the page
The crash also happens when the text frame is on a normal page (see attached file)
ScribusOtherExample.sla (17,868 bytes)    
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.7.3">
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ScribusOtherExample.sla (17,868 bytes)   

Tert0

2026-06-20 14:02

reporter   ~0053853

(I am still unfamiliar with MantisBT and of course mean 0017855 and not the note with the same id)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-06-19 22:09 Tert0 New Issue
2026-06-19 22:09 Tert0 Tag Attached: Character Style
2026-06-19 22:09 Tert0 Tag Attached: crash
2026-06-19 22:09 Tert0 File Added: ScribusCrashExample.sla
2026-06-20 07:11 ale Note Added: 0053848
2026-06-20 07:20 ale Note Added: 0053849
2026-06-20 13:54 Tert0 Note Added: 0053852
2026-06-20 13:54 Tert0 File Added: ScribusOtherExample.sla
2026-06-20 14:02 Tert0 Note Added: 0053853
2026-06-20 15:19 ale Note Edited: 0053852
2026-06-20 20:25 cbradney Assigned To => cbradney
2026-06-20 20:25 cbradney Status new => resolved
2026-06-20 20:25 cbradney Resolution open => fixed
2026-06-20 20:25 cbradney Fixed in Version => 1.7.4.svn
2026-07-01 20:00 cbradney Status resolved => closed