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#71
Layout Issues / Table of contents changes the ...
Last post by Flaxx - September 21, 2024, 09:56:11 PM
Hi, probably I'm wrong here, but my question might have to do with layout as well - somehow.  :-\
If not, please move it to the right place.

First: Scribus 1.6.2 is installed on Windows 11 Pro, as well on Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon (dual boot), and portable on USB.

I'm quite comfortable with the usual way how to create tables of contents. I'm doing the layout of a club-internal monthly newspaper (usually 20 to 28 pages), where one chapter allows member groups announcing their meetings and the planned topics on a couple of pages. As these are mostly short paragraphs it usually happens, that more than one (up to four) are published on a single page - all in the same way. The order likely changes from month to month.

The leftmost frame, with the title of each group, is usually marked by unchanged attributes as the one appearing in the TOC. The right one has the content.

After generating the TOC it often happens that the top-down order of those articles appears random. This means, that the third article on a page might stands on top, followed by the second one, and so far.

As I didn't find a way to force the correct sequence, I always have to change the order manually.

My question: What is the parameter, that Scribus is looking for? It doesn't seems to be the internal frame number nor an alphabetical order.
#72
PDF Generation / Re: [SOLVED] Incorrectly Scale...
Last post by AdmFubar - September 20, 2024, 10:59:28 PM
The best I could do is using PDF/X-4 for the exported PDF. but this still has a small off white border around the shadow when imported into scribus on linux.
#73
PDF Generation / Re: [SOLVED] Incorrectly Scale...
Last post by OSDP - September 20, 2024, 01:51:53 AM
The icc color profile of an image or document can be RGB or CMYK. You can also export an image or a .pdf without integrating an icc color profile (it does not prevent that it will have been created from an RGB or CMYK icc profile).

Some export of .pdf accept RGB and CMYK images mixed.
Others (dedicated to printing) convert all content into CMYK.
Some pdf exports do not accept transparencies, others do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_profile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF

https://pdfa.org/resource/pdf-specification-archive/

https://pdfa.org/pdf-standards/

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-x-pdf-a-pdf.html

https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/resources/document-files/pdf-types.html
#74
User Interface / Re: Indigo UI: Text Properties
Last post by BN_Dev - September 20, 2024, 01:40:04 AM
They look clear and pretty. How's it like in dark mode?  I have a little issue with the dark mode pop-outs in the widgets because they're borderless and easily blend in to things. More than once I've not even realized something popped out and wondered why other controls weren't responding :o

#75
PDF Generation / Re: [SOLVED] Incorrectly Scale...
Last post by OSDP - September 20, 2024, 01:13:33 AM
The issues are the conversion (or not) of images to the desired icc profile (CMYK) in final .pdf and interpretations of shadows and transparencies according to third party reading software (may be temporary if only related to your version/configuration of linux), why not exporting your final work in a .pdf that would contain only a single raster image (CMYK) ? You will see on live the results of shading that you can adjust until satisfation by exporting and testing in .tiff or .jpg. You can export this CMYK image, and insert it in .pdf (which will have only a single raster image, no vector font, no shading software effect (from scribus or inkscape).

My procedure is fine for small formats and simple documents: A4, sometimes A3.
I rarely print (and only in four colors) (posters in general).
Beyond that, the .tiff or .jpg will likely be really heavy/too heavy (depending on the nature and complexity of the work).
And it is true that this requires additional steps (which I have not specified):

For example, if I have to take out a final .pdf in A4 300dpi, with a 5 mm requested bleed, I must think of composing and working my Scribus document in «custom format», so as to export my image .jpg or .tiff with adequate bleed integrated in output ! Very important here. For this example, 10 mm more in width and height. So, my work/document .sla (and my .jpg/tiff output image) "A4" will then have to be 220 x 307 mm (custom format, with a bleed zero for this step) instead of 210 x 297 mm (A4 format).
To «see» the bleed area, you can put a colored shape (A4 format) on a dedicated layer in the background.

And to finalize it in .pdf for printing, I reimport the 100% raster image from this first .sla in another .sla document (this time in A4 format via the Scribus interface, setting a 5 mm bleed), and by shifting the image to "x" and "y" (in this example: -5 mm and -5 mm).

This either wastes time, or actually saves time, depending on the outcome. The first time, it is quite laborious (especially since Scribus does not propose the «pixel» unit; and it will be necessary to convert millimeters into pixels as the reverse to find themselves in the «process»). The next time, it's better. In any case, the potential issues related to effects (shadows) and fonts "no longer exist" with the printer. (You will have to manage them yourself if there are any; until .jpg/tiff comes out as you want). For transparencies, the same will be checked "in output" if everything is "ok".
It may be quite laborious, but in the end, the final .pdf should not pose a problem: it is "like printing a photo".

In some circumstances, it may be useful !
#76
Text and Typography / Re: Font letter is being trunc...
Last post by AdmFubar - September 19, 2024, 10:38:04 PM
I'm not seeing the issue. It seems to work for me. Perhaps I am missing something?
#77
Text and Typography / Re: Font letter is being trunc...
Last post by Fog81 - September 19, 2024, 06:39:05 PM
yes i confirm the pdf is not having problem but only when you vectorize the font.
I'm opening a ticket right away thanks
#78
Text and Typography / Re: Font letter is being trunc...
Last post by a.l.e - September 19, 2024, 06:21:11 PM
I can confirm that the M rendering is truncated on the upper right corner.

This happens only on screen and the pdf is correct.

Would you mind opening a ticket in https://bugs.scribus.net?
#79
Text and Typography / Font letter is being truncated...
Last post by Fog81 - September 19, 2024, 06:05:28 PM
Hello everyone ,

I encounter a problem with the font winterfella (dafont) with the letter M (in capital), the upper right corner of the M is truncated, does anyone have a clue to solve this ?

I'm using scribus 1.6.1 on Linux Mint and the font is correctly display in inkscape.

Thanks for your inputs
#80
User Interface / Re: Indigo UI: Text Properties
Last post by tim_occ - September 17, 2024, 10:09:28 PM
Yes, the switch is already there in 1.7.0svn.
Preferences -> User Interface -> Hide Informational Labels