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#61

Beginner Talk / # symbol not appearing on mast...

Last post by Stranger - November 29, 2024, 01:55:11 PM

Hello,

I can insert numbers on the Master page (and the numbering is visible on the normal pages).

However the # symbol is not visible on the Master page text box where I inserted the number.

I can edit the number, using the edit text box, but nothing appears on the Master page itself (the changes are correctly appearing on normal pages, with the edits).

It's not a big problem, but I'm wondering what's happening ?

#62

Beginner Talk / Re: [SOLVED] Page Numbers not ...

Last post by Stranger - November 29, 2024, 01:53:16 PM

I have the same or a similar problem: I can insert numbers on the Master page, and the numbering is visible on the normal pages.

However the # symbol is not visible on the Master page text box where I inserted the number. I can edit the number, using the edit text box, but nothing appears on the Master page itself (the changes are correctly appearing on normal pages, with the edits).

I'm wondering what's happening ?

#63

MacOS / Re: Helps with installing on S...

Last post by utnik - November 29, 2024, 07:49:42 AM

hi hellolu

...It just tells me to drag the dmg into the apps folder...

no, it's not the .dmg!
you should drag the 'scribus.app' to the applications folder!

...but it's strange anyway. scribus runs from everywhere. i can even start it from the .dmg. (just tested under mac os 15.1.1 – should work as well with sonoma...)
there are applications that won't run from other places than the applications folder (i.e. rawtherapee). but scribus is not one of them.

utnik

#64

MacOS / Helps with installing on Sonom...

Last post by hellolu - November 29, 2024, 02:00:06 AM

I've downloaded Scribus into my app folder but it won't install when I double click or right click. It just tells me to drag the dmg into the apps folder, but it's already there. Tried redownloading to desktop and dragging to apps folder, but no luck. Have googled for a solution and see that other people have had similar issues with different apps, and were advised to contact the developer. So here I am, hoping for a solution.

#65

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by Nermander - November 28, 2024, 09:09:50 PM

They seemed to have preflight profiles available for InDesign (I think), I am not sure if those can be utilized for Scribus?

Ok, it was possible to download by just checking the tickbox allowing them to send marketing... Without giving an e-mail.

The whole specification seems to be for ads, because it specifies the number of pages shall be exactly 1.

Using this profile for a 1 page PDF will then of course fail.

They are also forbidding a lot of colorspaces...

#66

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by a.l.e - November 28, 2024, 05:52:16 PM

Nice found, Nermander!

I'm opening a ticket in the bug tracker and we will see if

• the team thinks that such a specification is "relevant",
• there is any way to ensure that the profiles defined in there can be supported by Scribus

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17324

#67

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by AdmFubar - November 28, 2024, 05:48:41 PM

The most common answer in a case like this usually is: Look for another printer.

Sounds like there needs to be a resource for scribus users to locate them. A wiki for users to list print houses that dont have issues with scribus generated pdf's would be useful. Maybe even branding for them to display on their sites as well. Just a thought or two.

#68

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by mperonen - November 28, 2024, 05:15:30 PM

You can try to tell them that you're in touch with the developers of Scribus, and that they are interested in finding out what the issues were.

Sadly, I have to also to warn you, that Scribus has the "policy" to not care about other programs not correctly processing PDF files (in the contrary to Adobe, that tends to work around issues that other software down the chain might have...).

One example is: you seem to be producing a PDF X/4 which, as far as I can read in Wikipedia, allows RGB colors as long as they are color managed... But, if I understand the short error message correctly, the printer's software seems to complain about RGB colors being in the PDF.
And, as Nermander says, Scribus will force to activate the color management, if you export to PDF X/4.
(but the issue might be somewhere else: we don't see the details!)

Finally, a general notice about the fonts you're using: they don't seem to be good quality fonts, meant for print (as an example, Roboto is clearly a UI font...).

Personally, I believe that Scribus should better take care of real word issues and limitations, but I also understand that a small team might not want to fix the errors bigger and well payed teams are doing elsewhere...
(My rational: creating PDFs that the printers do like, might have helped in improving the acceptance of Scribus among many users and print shops! ... and maybe attracted some more developers...)
(But I also understand the team's rational: The only important thing is that the PDF created by Scribus must be correct! Otherwise nobody will trust our "small" software)

Thank you for your in-depth response. Yes I am aware some fonts were picked on haste. I had to do some "ads" and implemented them in the layout. This was a somewhat low-paying job so I didn't put too much effort (time) in those.

It seems I need to put some more effort and study the fonts and their encoding, etc.

#69

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by mperonen - November 28, 2024, 05:08:32 PM

I just noticed the profile was called GWG 2015, so I googled it and that turns out to be a PDF specification.

https://gwg.org/technical-specifications/gwg-2015-specifications/

They seem to want your e-mail for downloading it though... And want to send marketing.

I also noticed that and I was able to download that PDF without giving any info, not sure if my browser blocked those

Will try read through that for sure.

#70

PDF Generation / Re: Prepress: any tips for aut...

Last post by Nermander - November 28, 2024, 04:51:50 PM

I just noticed the profile was called GWG 2015, so I googled it and that turns out to be a PDF specification.

https://gwg.org/technical-specifications/gwg-2015-specifications/

They seem to want your e-mail for downloading it though... And want to send marketing.