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#1

MacOS / Re: libscriptplugin.so

Last post by Bluejay - Today at 09:59:10 AM

I keep getting the same error as mentioned above. I'm on Monterey too. Using version Scribus 1.5.6 (because 1.6.6 doesn't work in this version. It should work but it doesn't).
So far I don't see any negativ effects when working in Scribus. Not sure what to do about it.
Any recommendations? Thanks!

#2

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by a.l.e - Today at 09:50:34 AM

Concerning the Scribus version: You can use the Appimages produced by the team without the need to update Ubuntu.

• Follow a link in the https://www.scribus.net/downloads/ page (they all go to about the same location...)
• Download scribus-1.6.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage (or newer)
• Make the downloaded Appimage executable
• Run it

#3

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by dmk - Today at 08:56:27 AM

Actually, thinking about it. If I had subset all fonts, would they have all encoded:

• TrueType(CID)
• Encoding: Identity-H
• Embeded subset

and potentially avoided the issue?

#4

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by dmk - Today at 08:26:29 AM

Thanks

We suspect its the outdated version of Scribus. 1.6.1.

I did notice those issues,
Scribus issue's
Scribus issue's.
I'm not a frequent scribus user and still on ubuntu 24lts (laziness plus waiting for Wayland to mature) so hence I just had the default 1.6.1, probably .deb install for simplicties sake.
If this might be the same issue, I don't want to create unnecessary duplication / work but I'm happy to send the PDF if it will help the developers.
It may take a day or two because as is often the case, one solution causes finds another problem and I'm currently locked out of my Dropbox having screwed up the login. 

In summary,

• the work around for pre 1.6.4 scribus would be to outline all fonts
• the solution may be update to 1.6.4 or greater.

Edit
Thanks a.l.e you got in as I was typing my windbag essay.

#5

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by a.l.e - Today at 08:19:04 AM

I think that what MrB is referring to is:

Avoid custom font encodings when embedding TTF fonts in PDFs.

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.4_Release

#6

Beginner Talk / Re: Fonts Do Not Persist on Ed...

Last post by a.l.e - Today at 08:16:49 AM

Normally, when editing text, typefaces and formatting are preserved.

You need to give a few more details about what isn't working on your side.

#7

Beginner Talk / Fonts Do Not Persist on Editin...

Last post by koeselitz - Today at 02:45:39 AM

Is there some way to force Scribus to preserve typeface and formatting when text in a text box is edited?

[My Scribus version is 1.6.6, if that is useful.]

#8

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by MrB - October 26, 2026, 08:59:21 PM

We suspect its the outdated version of Scribus. 1.6.1. We believe this issue may have been addressed in 1.6.4. We're up to 1.6.6 and about to release 1.6.7

#9

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by a.l.e - October 26, 2026, 07:15:09 PM

Yes, the bug tracker is https://bugs.scribus.net .

And Google drive was just an example. Any file sharing platform will do!

#10

PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...

Last post by dmk - October 26, 2026, 06:10:21 PM

Thanks

You will not be able to upload the PDF to the bug tracker directly, but you will need to share it in something like Google drive (please mark it as: everybody with the link can see it) and put the link in the ticket.

I'll try and do that. I assume you mean http://bugs.scribus.net/. I don't have google drive, but I think I have dropbox. I'll have to re learn how to use it though