I have been designing stamp album pages using Scribus for the last 2+ years. I have actually complete all modern stamps from Ukraine, and use it for all sorts of other stamp pages designs. I'm in no way a graphic artists. Just a guy who likes to tinker.
I make everything, including the Scribus files available on my web site for download:
http://www.stamphacks.com
Here's a sample page:
(http://stamphacks.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Ukraine-2013-US-Letter-page003.png)
hi apastuzak
i'm not collecting stamps, but your work looks impressive!
just one suggestion: in order to avoid disturbing gaps between the words, you should always hyphenate all justified text blocks (or align the text to the left...)
i would never set narrow columns with justified, but not hyphenated text in a page layout...
utnik
Those text boxes are all hyphenated.
Quote from: apastuszak on January 31, 2014, 08:43:49 PM
Those text boxes are all hyphenated.
i see – sorry!
but you didn't select the correct (english) dictionary for your hyphenation.
otherwhise (and with a little tweaking on the advanced settings,) the text sould look more or less like my attached screenshot...
utnik
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Ok, so I have English selected. That's the default. Is there more I need to do other than that?
Well, that explains a heck of a lot. The app hyphenator was set to English. But the document was set to Greek for some reason.
Quote from: apastuszak on January 31, 2014, 10:00:41 PMThe app hyphenator was set to English. But the document was set to Greek for some reason.
ok, then everything is clear...
...and for optimal results take a look at
'optical margins' and
'advanced settings' too.
utnik
Thank you! I will take a look at those later tonight!
I did pages for US Stamps using Adobe Source Sans Pro:
(http://stamphacks.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wtf-source-sans-page012.png)