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Title: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 05, 2018, 11:15:11 AM
Hello i use scribus 1.5.3 on windows and linux
in windows i use barlow solid police all works
in linux i can't i have square .... only in scribus, in libreoffice all works ..
any idea ?
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: mnawij on March 06, 2018, 04:27:56 AM
Hello micker,

Could you please screenshot what you are having problems with, I am more of a visual person when dealing with font issues.

mnawij
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 06, 2018, 09:01:57 AM
hello image is attached

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Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: utnik on March 06, 2018, 12:21:01 PM
hi micker

i just downloaded and tested 'barlow solid' – no problem in scribus 1.5.3 on macOS (but with 1.4.6 i get the red boxes...)
the font management tool reported an error in the syntax of the 'name' table of the font...

utnik
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 06, 2018, 02:16:23 PM
yes working on windows 10
in linux doesn't work in scribus but font work on libreoffice
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: RodneyLee on March 06, 2018, 03:06:40 PM
I just installed Barlow using Typecatcher in Linuxmint 18.3 it worked perfectly in Scribus 1.5.3 (appimage), showed a ton of variations also, all seem to work (didn't test them all)

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Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 06, 2018, 03:11:28 PM
Thanks for return i will try
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: mnawij on March 06, 2018, 11:22:48 PM
I can confirm that Barlow installed and worked in Linux Mint with Typecatcher in Scribus 1.5.3 as RodneyLee posted.  I will have to spin up a virtual machine with Debian later and double check with that distro.

mnawij
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 08, 2018, 03:16:04 PM
Ah i speak about barrow solid not barrow ...
could you test it ?
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: RodneyLee on March 08, 2018, 03:36:30 PM
Barrow or Barlow?
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 08, 2018, 06:08:45 PM
Barlow solid sorry
But Barlow existe too
Only Barlow solid doesnt works on scribus
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: utnik on March 08, 2018, 06:29:24 PM
hi micker

my test was with 'barlow solid' – but on a mac...

utnik
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 08, 2018, 06:43:31 PM
Yes me on Windows and it works too.....
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: mnawij on March 08, 2018, 10:56:59 PM
micker, sorry I will not be able to try the font in linux until next week... final exams, arrgghh.  But if it is a syntax error, I usually open the font in font forge or other font editor and then resave it as ttf or otf and reinstall the new version and it works 70% of the time...

cheers,

mnawij
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: RodneyLee on March 09, 2018, 03:56:58 PM
I just checked and I see no option for "Barlow Solid", grabing a free Barlow Solid from https://www.wfonts.com/font/barlow-solid, got nothing but squares :(
Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: RodneyLee on March 09, 2018, 04:08:18 PM
is this what your looking for, I took the one that would not work and ran in through "Fontforge" linux mint, seems to work fine now even though it showed error in the font

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Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: RodneyLee on March 09, 2018, 09:35:52 PM
here is the barlow I used from the freefonts site mentioned before and modified in fontforge

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Title: Re: Barlow solid
Post by: micker on March 13, 2018, 09:10:32 AM
working !!! perfect !!!