I set up page numbers in the outside margins of separate L and R master pages.
My printer pointed out that they weren't symmetrical.
I had a text-frame spanning the bottom of the page edge-to-edge (ie, adjacent to the bleed space, not into the bleed space), with L-justified text on the L-master and R-justified text on the R-master, each padded in by the same number of spaces. The L-page numbers were too far out, the R-page numbers were too far in.
So I changed to text-frames covering just the outside margins (inner edge of outside bleed, to outer text margin). I used ^t text editor to insert centre-justified text containing just the page-number field.
Shouldn't this give page numbers in the centre of the outer margin?
Single-digit page numbers seem centred on the R-edge of the digit glyph (or somewhere outside it). This gives L-page numbers too far L (out), and R-page numbers too far L (in)... similar to the problem I had with separate L-justified / R-justified styles... on duplex printing the front and back numbers appear as adjacent chars, rather than overlaid.
Two-digit page numbers seem centred on somewhere within the unit-digit (R-most digit), giving similar results.
Am I missing something? Is this a bug? I couldn't see any matching reports on bugs.scribus.net.
I've checked all my text-frame properties. There are no adjustments.
The para style has no offset, nor optical margins. The font style is unmodified FreeSerif Regular 12pt.
Scribus 1.4.5.svn / ubuntu 13.10 gnome
bleeds outside 3mm inside 0mm
text margins outside 23.5mm inside 36mm
page size 148.5mm W x 210mm H
thanks