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PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by MrB - Today at 08:59:21 PMWe suspect its the outdated version of Scribus. 1.6.1.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
#2
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 07:15:09 PMYes, the bug tracker is https://bugs.scribus.net .
And Google drive was just an example. Any file sharing platform will do!
And Google drive was just an example. Any file sharing platform will do!
#3
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by dmk - Today at 06:10:21 PMThanks
Quote from: a.l.e on <strong>Today</strong> at 05:17:19 PMYou 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
#4
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 05:17:19 PMThe problem of many online print shops is that -- for understandable reasons -- they don't want to spend a lot of time with the clients, discussing about the jobs to be printed (or having being printed).
They try to reduce the variables they need to take into account and, as an example, as soon as they see that the PDF has been created with Scribus, they will just say that it's not supported and they have already had issues with its PDFs.
Of course they also have had issues with PDF produced by InDesign. And they will have their lot excuses ready also for those jobs.
Only if they don't find any simple reason why they can blame the client, they will look into it, find the issue, and reprint the PDF without the errors.
But that takes time and costs money, so they try to avoid to admit it...
Now, what can we the people of Scribus do?
Not much, since we don't even get the information why the job failed.
We only see that the font has not been printed correctly.
If you can share the PDF in the bug tracker.
Mark it as private, if you don't want it to be world readable (then only the devs will see it).
Maybe somebody can find the issue and:
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.
They try to reduce the variables they need to take into account and, as an example, as soon as they see that the PDF has been created with Scribus, they will just say that it's not supported and they have already had issues with its PDFs.
Of course they also have had issues with PDF produced by InDesign. And they will have their lot excuses ready also for those jobs.
Only if they don't find any simple reason why they can blame the client, they will look into it, find the issue, and reprint the PDF without the errors.
But that takes time and costs money, so they try to avoid to admit it...
Now, what can we the people of Scribus do?
Not much, since we don't even get the information why the job failed.
We only see that the font has not been printed correctly.
If you can share the PDF in the bug tracker.
Mark it as private, if you don't want it to be world readable (then only the devs will see it).
Maybe somebody can find the issue and:
- tell you what you did wrong, or
- fix the issue in Scribus
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.
#5
Beginner Talk / Re: Embed/subset fonts: "Embed...
Last post by dmk - Today at 03:08:40 PMI'm also on the Blurb books font mission and spent time toggling embed and subset.The scribus docs state that some fonts are permanently set to subset by default in order to reduce file sizes. This feature can be altered per font in Scribus's preferences or the document setup in the fonts section.
#6
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by Aleks100 - Today at 03:06:13 PMhttps://fontlibrary.org/font/liberation-sans-unofficial-opentype-cff-version
FontForge sources of newer versions are here
https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/tree/main/src
I have zero experience with FontForge - I worked mostly in FontLab.
FontForge sources of newer versions are here
https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/tree/main/src
I have zero experience with FontForge - I worked mostly in FontLab.
#7
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by dmk - Today at 09:08:07 AMQuote from: a.l.e on October 25, 2026, 08:27:00 AMDo you still have the PDF you have sent to Blurb?Thanks for the interest. Yes, though not right now. The project is split into two PDF's, content and cover. The content PDF is a large file as it is a 40 page photo book but only has text on the final page shown above. I could create a new pdf with just the last page for simplicity, though obviously this won't then be the exact file blurb received.
#8
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 25, 2026, 08:57:53 PMQuote from: Aleks100 on October 25, 2026, 02:48:19 PMI will never understand why people use TT fonts for print.
Because that is all they have.
#9
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by Aleks100 - October 25, 2026, 02:48:19 PMI will never understand why people use TT fonts for print.
#10
PDF Generation / Re: Font issues with Blurb and...
Last post by a.l.e - October 25, 2026, 08:27:00 AMDo you still have the PDF you have sent to Blurb?