Hi Martin! Am 20.03.2004 um 17:13 schrieb Martin Costabel: > Ralf H?ling wrote: > >> Here it's also greyed out but Scribus finds also some fonts in >> /Library/fonts/. Only Truetype I think. > > I can explain this (that's about the extent of my understanding ;-) ): > > Fink's applesystemfonts package transforms (using fondu) the *.dfonts > font files (and a couple of others) it finds in > [/System]/Library/Fonts into *.ttf files in > /sw/lib/X11/fonts/applettf/. The fonts that are already in *.ttf > format in the system directories are not copied, only symlinked. So > when scribus scans the /sw/lib/X11/fonts/applettf/ directory, it finds > and follows these symlinks. This looks like it found fonts in > /Library/Fonts, but in reality it did not look there. > > I made a test with a free font that is also advertized as "Apple > postscript". It came in a *.suit format that is identified as "Font > suitcase" by "Get Info". As it is, it is not recognized by scribus, > but fondu digests it without hesitating and spits out a *.ttf file > that is accepted by scribus. I don't know if this story is of any help > to you, but I suspect you need to find some tool to convert your font > to *.ttf format.
So, if applesystemfonts doesn't convert my font to .ttf there is no chance of using it in Scribus? Thats sad. Should I buy a "Windows TTF"-Version of this font (I dont' like this thought!)? would that work? <http://www.linotype.com/49198/rotissemisans-family.html> Thanks Ralf
