I had this same problem with 1.1.5. I apologize to the group for not posting
the
solution. Time got away from me. I do appreciate Craig & Martin's generous
help.
Here are the suggestions I got:
At 8:01 +0100 3/9/04, Martin Costabel wrote:
>can you install the applesystemfonts and msttcorefonts packages and see if
>this helps? Maybe the x-ghostscriptfonts package, too. I tagged these as
>"recommended", but maybe they really should be required dependencies.
At 8:06 +0100 3/9/04, Craig Bradney wrote:
>Just remember the buggy Hershey font exists within. The CVS version now
>includes better buggy font handling though.
At 20:03 +0100 3/9/04, Martin Costabel wrote:
>Maybe you just need to run qtconfig and choose a different default font?
At 22:39 +0100 3/9/04, Martin Costabel wrote:
>And if you move your ~/.qt directory out of the way?
>Sometimes ~/.qt is owned by root instead of by yourself, and this can give
>weird effects.
What I did on my machine (Mac OX 10.2.8, Apple's X11 beta3):
o I already had applesystemfonts and x-ghostscript-fonts installed. I
installed msttcorefonts.
o I looked around for a Hershey font but couldn't find one. But then, I
wasn't sure I'd know
it if I found it.
o The first time I opened qtconfig, it had the same "boxes" problem. So, I
got rid of ~/.qt (which
was owned by me) and ran it again. This time I got normal text. The
default font was
Helvetica which perhaps is not on my system. When I changed the default
to a Luxi font,
the problems went away both in qtconfig and Scribus.
I hope that helps.
Carol
At 10:59 +0200 4/3/04, Francisco Vila wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I don't know if this question has been already answered.
>
>I am using Scribus 1.2CVS March2004 on Debian Testing.
>
>I think I have all the depending packages installed, BUT:
>
>Properties dialog and the info bar at the bottom of the scribus window
>show little squares everywhere instead of legible fonts.
>
>Menu bar and x-pos/y-pos indications read well.
>
>What is the font I am missing in my system and how can I properly read
>the properties dialog?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Francisco Vila Doncel. Badajoz (Spain)
>http://www.paconet.org
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