This includes 45 typefaces which are compatible with those included with most PostScript printers. One set is the the URW fonts from Ghostscript. When you select the “Extra Fonts” Option in the installer, this will install two sets of high-quality, freely distributable fonts. If you have not installed Ghostscript, when you run Scribus you will get a warning and a link to help you get it, but you can choose not to add this external tool. This having been said, Ghostscript is not essential to the use of Scribus for most purposes. In the large majority of cases if Ghostscript is properly installed before installing Scribus, Scribus will automatically detect the location of Ghostscript for you. The correct *.exe name to use in the Scribus Preferences (under External Tools) for Ghostscript is gswin32c.exe (or gswin64c,exe), not gswin32.exe (or gswin64,exe). Note: After installing there are two Ghostscript *.exe files available on your system. This is important for EPS import and some other features. Install Ghostscript for Windows – Ghostscript 8.7+ or later is recommended. This is especially true with third party themes.

There is a known Qt issue with custom themes causing document loading problems. If you encounter any strange behaviour, like no document appearing on screen, use the “Windows Classic“ theme.

It is strongly recommended to disable any custom desktop themes.As of version 1.4.2 Scribus is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows.Pentium III or better – 750 MHz or better.512 MB RAM or more is strongly recommended – the more, the better.Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 are supported.Scribus on Windows Hardware/Software Minimum Requirements: See also the last Fossies 'Diffs' side-by-side code changes report for 'readme-win32.html': 1.5.4_vs_1.5.5. If the rendering is insufficient you may try to find and view the page on the scribus-1.5.8.tar.xz project site itself. You can here alternatively try to browse the pure source code or just view or download the uninterpreted raw source code. Caution: In this restricted 'Fossies' environment the current HTML page may not be correctly presentated and may have some non-functional links.

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