Hopefully the team here can implement something similar

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AdmFubar

Using Scribus1.6.1, 1.7.0 openSUSE 15.6
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utnik

hi admfubar

scribus has a font substitution table since many years. ('preferences' → 'fonts' → 'font substitutions' as a general setting or 'document setup' → 'fonts' → 'font substitutions' for an individual file...)
what are you missing there?

utnik

AdmFubar

I dont think you grasped the article, the key feature is in the second last paragraph.
Using Scribus1.6.1, 1.7.0 openSUSE 15.6
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utnik

yes, i see.
but as i don't use those proprietary fonts for many reasons, this part didn't reach my attention – and a prefilled substitution table in scribus wouldn't change anything for me.
an automatic recognition of fonts with licensing restrictions might be a good thing for many users. (but i still don't like the predefined replacement fonts...)

utnik

AdmFubar

You dont need predefined, you need to id what fonts you do have that will be equivalent for the document you are working with.

Wouldnt it be nice for scribus to present a list of font you have that would be a good substitute for the proprietary one in the doc, rather than guessing at it? 
Using Scribus1.6.1, 1.7.0 openSUSE 15.6
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utnik

Quote from: AdmFubar on November 17, 2025, 10:07:37 PM...Wouldnt it be nice for scribus to present a list of font you have that would be a good substitute for the proprietary one in the doc, rather than guessing at it?
not for me. but if someone has the intention to rebuild a microsoft document in scribus it might make the task easy – but what's the real use case for it?

utnik

AdmFubar

There are numerous free software programs for windows, with m$ dumping win10 there are a number of user discovering free operating systems, and will want to use their data in the new system. Having the computer do the work for you in the font conversion would be an immense help, plus there is the issue of licensing the font, many from m$ are propriety. having them converted to a freely licensed font will keep them in compliance.
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a.l.e

Two things:

  • When loading an Office file into a Scribus frame, you mostly don't want the font from the .doc / .odt to be used in the .sla
  • When moving a .sla file from a Windows to a Linux computer, you will need to also copy over all the fonts you have been using (collect for output is your friend, there)

Since the case for our user seems to be rather different from LibreOffice, I don't think that Scribus needs an ad hoc solution for the Microsoft default font.

While Scribus could indeed provide a good interface for downloading / installing fonts from the most popular sources (Microsoft, Google Fonts, ...), it's probably not so easy to do it well.
The traditional answer is: use a Font manager... but I'm not sure that there is a good font manager for Linux.

Coffee break...

Well, while the good old FontMatrix has now been officially discontinued, a quick web search has shown that nowadays there is a nice and shiny (non free but partially gratis) FontBase and a free Font Manager that would probably be a better home for the feature you're suggesting.

And, then, we should figure out how to build a good interface between the Scribus loading dialogs and the font managers, and help the user getting the fonts needed for a specific file.