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#11
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 10:52:08 PM
So I created a rectangle the same size as my document and gave it the gradient color, but it covers up the images I had imported into the document.
#12
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus 1.4.8 and Kindle C...
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 10:45:17 PM
i'm not sure if scribus is the best choice for ebook creation. scribus is optimised for static layouts while ebooks should be adaptable. most of the advanced stuff of a scribus layout will get lost when generating the ebook.

utnik
#13
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 10:40:03 PM
no! – you can place your 'gradient rectangle' in the background of your present document. (...or even on a master page, if it's needed on every page or on a number of pages...)

utnik
#14
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 09:39:28 PM
So I need to create a new document and start with that color and then move all my graphics over to the new document?
#15
PDF Generation / How to make radio button trans...
Last post by Hoagie - February 10, 2026, 09:03:13 PM
I'm trying to make a ttrpg character sheet where I have I want a row of radio buttons track a line of numbers on the sheet, but when I place the radio button on the number it blocks it out with a white box.
#16
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 07:56:08 PM
hi jackie

you can't apply your gradient to the empty canvas. you need to create a full sized square and apply the gradient to this object.

utnik
#17
Beginner Talk / [SOLVED] Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 07:42:47 PM
I am using Scribus for the first time. I created a 40X30 inch document that I added 15 png images into. I want to fill the background with a color I created in gradient but I don't see how to apply that color into the background?
#18
Layout Issues / Kening issues copying LibreCal...
Last post by chimaera - February 10, 2026, 05:07:17 PM
Hello fellow designers!
I'm having a great time with Scribus, but tables have been the bane of my existence. When copying tables over from LibreCalc to Scribus, I'm getting errors with text kerning that's causing certain characters and combinations of characters to appear garbled, or not appear at all. I'm using Monserrat Medium for the font in both LibreCalc and Scribus.

I'd love to hear if anyone has had similar issues, and how you solved it. I'd like to keep using Scribus, but I'm early enough in my layout that I'm happy to use something else if I'm unable to fix this, as tables are essential for the book I'm designing.

Thanks for reading!

TLDR: copying LibreCalc table to Scribus results in kerning errors
#19
Text and Typography / Re: Outline text without the t...
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 04:11:34 PM
hi philip

try 'text properties' → 'colours & effects' → 'outline' (the second icon from the right side). then you need to set the text color to 'none' and the text stroke as you need it.
to change the width of the outline press the 'outline' button for a second or two...

...in scribus 1.7.x it's 'text properties' → 'typography' → 'outline'. the rest is the same as in the stable versions.

utnik
#20
Text and Typography / Outline text without the text
Last post by PhilipL - February 10, 2026, 03:38:38 PM
Looking to do something like this. Easy in LibreOffice but can't work out how to do it in Scribus. And if it is possible, how can you change the width of lines?