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#41
Layout Issues / Re: Font changes on imported p...
Last post by MrB - April 22, 2025, 09:59:24 PM
Do you have the Serif font installed? Check your font substitutions in Preferences are not auto converting them.
#42
Layout Issues / Font changes on imported page
Last post by Meemaw - April 22, 2025, 09:40:17 PM
I am in a group that does a newsletter monthly. Two of us lay out the articles in Scribus and take turns assembling the articles into one document.

I'm having trouble with the files that my co-worker sends. When I import his files, the font changes. We have agreed on a font for layout (Liberation Serif 12), but when I import part of his, the sla file reverts to Liberation Sans 10.

It happens to me and not to him. We are both using Linux with Scribus 1.6.3. Is there a setting that I can change?

Thanks in advance,
:)
#43
Announcements and Forum Rules / Scribus 1.6.4 Released
Last post by MrB - April 20, 2025, 11:11:35 PM
Hi

We released Scribus 1.6.4 today, 20/4/25.
https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-4-released/

Download checksums in a similar story at https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.4_Release

thanks
Craig
#44
Beginner Talk / Re: Cannot import TIF from Lig...
Last post by Nermander - April 18, 2025, 08:20:39 AM
Quote from: dlc on April 18, 2025, 01:12:38 AMbut Scribus can't import the photos — the file is greyed out in the file selecting dialog. I tried using sips to clean the file metadata, but no success. Is Lightroom  embedding file metadata that Scribus doesn't support? Thank you!

If it is greyed out in the file selector, I doubt it is due to the contents of the file. I would rather suspect the file extension or the file name, or maybe file system attributes.
#45
Beginner Talk / Re: Cannot import TIF from Lig...
Last post by a.l.e - April 18, 2025, 06:39:51 AM
would you mind sharing a file that you can't import?
#46
Beginner Talk / Cannot import TIF from Lightro...
Last post by dlc - April 18, 2025, 01:12:38 AM
I'm new to Scribus and trying to print some photos exported from Lightroom CC. My ultimate goal is to export the files as PDFs via Scribus for printing. I've exported 16-bit TIFFs from Lightroom CC with the following settings:
* Image type: TIF
Dimenstions: custom (long side 5.630 inches, 300 ppi)
* Color space: AdobeRGB
* Bit depth: 16 bit
* no compression
* no output sharpening

but Scribus can't import the photos — the file is greyed out in the file selecting dialog. I tried using sips to clean the file metadata, but no success. Is Lightroom  embedding file metadata that Scribus doesn't support? Thank you!

I am using Scribus v1.6.3 and I'm on macOS 15.3.2 (24D81)
#47
PDF Generation / Re: Submiting forms
Last post by jghali - April 17, 2025, 10:10:54 PM
Hi,
Unfortunately PDF form submission is a weak point of PDF forms because form submission is totally dependent from the capabilities of the PDF viewer. PDF viewers embedded in web browsers have limited capabilities in that respect, so if you plan to have that form filled from the web, I would rather advise you to use HTML forms. PDF forms worked best in controlled environment.
#48
Beginner Talk / Re: Is there any way i can inp...
Last post by a.l.e - April 17, 2025, 08:51:52 AM
the patch is now in 1.7!

with a bit of care, users of 1.6 can:

- make a backup of the 1.6 document
- open the 1.6 document with 1.7 (as an example with the nightly appimage)
- add the exceptions and ignores
- save the file as 1.6
- continue their work in 1.6

just make sure that you first make a backup so that it something bad happens, you can go back to your old file.
#49
Beginner Talk / Re: Is there any way i can inp...
Last post by a.l.e - April 14, 2025, 06:33:39 PM
The question is: is a "Delete" entry in the context menu useful?

What is the context, when you are using it?
... Even "Edit > Delete" seems faster to trigger...

I won't speak about "Del", "Backspace" and ctrl-x.
#50
Beginner Talk / Re: Is there any way i can inp...
Last post by AdmFubar - April 14, 2025, 12:35:13 AM
One thing i'd like to see,  bit more space above and below the "Delete" menu entry, or an option to remove them. I find it is often too easy to accidentally shift your hand on the mouse a bit and you are about to click the desired entry and wind up deleting something you didn't want to.