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.
- https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15042