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srikrishnan

Hi Team,

Recently on 29/4/2025 i downloaded version 1.7.0 (scribus-1.7.0-installer_zyYs9-1.exe) for windows 11 Home, in my text i want to change the font for particular text. I try to change the font using Story Editor, Font selection menu, but the menu displays with some glitches, fyr i have attached the screenshot here, is this for me or it is common for everyone, please share your experience.



a.l.e

Mr B wrote:

Ensure you have downloaded Scribus from the right place. https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.7.0/ is the location. That installer filename you have is not correct.

Otherwise, I am not sure about the problem you mention. Likely OS related I think.

P.S.: ... and I wrongly deleted his post instead of mine. Sorry.

srikrishnan

Hi,

i have uninstalled completely and freshly download from the mentioned site "scribus-1.7.0-windows-x64.exe" and reinstall again. Now also in story Editor - font selection menu has glitches as same as previous.

regards,
Srikrishnan



AdmFubar

I'm pretty sure this is in scribus, I have a similar issue when using kvantum. font lists in other programs  dont  have this issue when using kvantum. will need to figure out troubleshooting this to get you more feedback.
Using Scribus 1.5.8 & 1.6.3, 1.7.0 openSUSE 15.5
Advanced hobbyist

a.l.e

if the kvantum analogy holds, the question would be:

do you have any special theme installed in windows?

for Qt on windows?

AdmFubar

Got a step closer to the possible issue. A while back my system wouldnt boot correctly. screen would go blank. thought the integrated video had died. purchased a video card to test if that was the case. (it wasnt, just drive loosing data) After recovering my system, I decided a few days ago to just use the new card anyhow. It just dawned on me to try out scribus while using kvantum. made the adjustments in the scribus prefs, and the font list displays correctly now.

this is the hardware that had the issue:
AMD A8-9600 RADEON R7

and this gfx card works with displaying the font list correctly
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

The question now are you using a separate display card or one that is built into the cpu?

Using Scribus 1.5.8 & 1.6.3, 1.7.0 openSUSE 15.5
Advanced hobbyist

srikrishnan

Hi,

Thanks for your responses.

now i have uninstalled 1.7.0 SVN and installed 1.6.4. it works well. there is no glitches in that on my same laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition.

regards,
Srikrishnan

nitramr

I fixed it.
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17514

These artifacts usually occur when the image background color is transparent, but shouldn't be.

Scribus draws everything in the font list itself. If the operating system's window color is transparent, these graphical errors occur.

When I look at the screenshots, the selected list item is displayed correctly. Scribus also draws this item itself, using the highlight color as the background. This color apparently has no transparency.

a.l.e

The patch is in.

The next development snapshot will have it.
It's already in the "nightly" AppImage: