Hello,
I'm the adviser to a college newspaper. We've been using Quark for layout but I was thinking of switching to Scribus so that students could use the program on their home computers if needed. We publish a modified broadsheet, typically 8 or 12 pages, bi-weekly. Would anyone have a sense of whether Scribus would b a good solution for us? Thanks.
Will be best if You Attach any sample file (light pdf).
I'm Quark and Scribus user, and sometimes the Quark is better, sometimes Scribus, it depends.
Quark is:
- stable
- better in work with text (widow, orphan, tables, kern pairs, import character styles)
- better in long documents (page numbers above background, chapters)
- colors looks better (full Pantone palette supports, multink for dutone colors, trapping)
- can do file for iPad, eBooks.
Scribus is:
- free
- Is for Windows, Mac, Linux users
- can open pdf, eps, ps files as editable.
- gradient tools is better than in Quark
- is simple for new users
- can shows Total Ink limits for colors
- can show separate preview for colors - very useful
- align for object is simple and easy.
- flip option for object works, in Quark v 8 not.
- Scripts works on Windows and Linux etc not only in Mac.
etc
Scribus users can prepare books and newspapers, so rather will be ok for college.