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#51
Text and Typography / Re: Adding Spell- and Hyphenat...
Last post by minyves - September 21, 2023, 04:55:31 PM
I had to install the languages I want to spellcheck in Scribus system wide, like here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1294966/scribus-1-5-5-shows-only-english-us-spell-checker

Was the same for Ubuntu 22.04.
#52
Free discussion / Re: How's this for a text colu...
Last post by a.l.e - September 20, 2023, 12:06:27 PM
QuoteI want to know the font in that image. Anyone knows?

Moderation: the quoted text is from a spam message that has been deleted.

That text is hand written.

But since it's one of the most popular hand writing on the internet, people have created a font for it:

https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
#53
Languages, Translation and Localisation / Re: String Freeze for Scribus ...
Last post by a.l.e - September 20, 2023, 12:04:51 PM
Hi Craig

Would you mind, posting a short message with a link to the preferred platform (or workflow) for the translations and a list of incomplete language (or a link to a statistics that shows which languages need care)?

That might help people getting involved...
#54
Languages, Translation and Localisation / Re: String Freeze for Scribus ...
Last post by MrB - September 19, 2023, 10:51:01 PM
Hey Folks..

Just a quick reminder for this. 5 days to go. We still have quite a few languages not at 100%.

thanks
Craig
#55
PDF Generation / Re: Sizing of PDF doesn't matc...
Last post by utnik - September 19, 2023, 06:23:47 PM
hi platter

it looks as you have set up your document with bleeds of 3mm and either crop marks or bleed marks.

utnik
#56
PDF Generation / Sizing of PDF doesn't match th...
Last post by Platter - September 19, 2023, 05:09:11 PM
Hello,

In my documentsettings I have set my measures to 154x216 mm but when I export my file to PDF they change and my macbook shows me that the actual measures are 174,2x236,2 mm. How is this possible and how can I fix this, please help!
#57
Scripts and Plugins / Re: ISBN barcode -- with the h...
Last post by jeepe - September 18, 2023, 12:01:16 PM
So,

The solution was there, only I didn't realize it...

What we want is the barcode without the second block, without the 5 digit block -- "the 5 digit addon"...


To achieve this, it is NOT the method that need be changed but just the input :) :)
Namely, we have to omit the additional 5 digits from the input sequence.


for example:

Data:    978-1-873671-00-9 54499
Options: includetext guardwhitespace
Encoder: isbn


this will produce the 2 block barcode...

while this:

Data:    978-1-873671-00-9
Options: includetext guardwhitespace
Encoder: isbn


will produce the one block version...
cause there is no additional 5 digits at the end of the input sequence...


ALL is clear!! :)

as explained here:
https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/ISBN

case closed, I guess :)
#58
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Typesetting a novel with S...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 10:49:36 PM
I think if someone is typesetting her/his novel, s/he'll be a beginner or an amateur, anyway, new to Scribus and to the entire concept of book layout...


Therefore, Scribus is  a wrong choice of tool...
Libreoffice allows for a a high level of flexibility with the text...
you can modify it... you can keep working on it...

With Scribus, you need to have a set plan... and a finished final text...
and if you want to change "something", it might expose you to very tough problems...
that you can solve if you're a pro... using scripts...

Anyway, the first 2 tutorial is bad enough, completely ignoring what someone new would like to know
regarding typesetting... I guess he's reconstructing his own book making trip, that's why he's not starting with a "what do we need to do?" kind of exposition...

I believe (I'm no PRO, and I'm new to Scribus) Libreoffice is better for most people... (for typesetting a novel)
Scribus is "only" better for those who are into very professional work...
and who work with finished text :) AND images! Text and images!

Whenever that comes up, Scribus is way-way-way ahead of Librreoffice...
But a novel won't really have images...




#59
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Getting started with Scrib...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 10:15:17 PM
Quote from: a.l.e on January 25, 2018, 03:13:56 PMWhat do you think about it?


Hi!

A good tutorial book, as it exists for Libreoffice, is a key thing, absolutely! So, even bringing this up is a very cool, strategic move already!

I have checked the first 3/4 docs at github...
and my impression is: lots of space for improvement! :) (this is good news)


The "problem" with these texts is that they start in the void...
somewhere far-far off...

So, suggestion #1:  a tutorial should be written linearly!
from the first chapter on...

The linked "Introduction" chapter is, strangely, only an introduction to the manual itself (that doesn't exist yet) ...
I'm talking about an introduction to Scribus, of course :)

Suggestion #2:  let's start with "the" introduction chapter!


Suggestion #3: let's speak to 2 types of Scribus users...

people working on their first projects... -- free and creative individuals, at the beginning of their Scribus journey..

seasoned book editors / typographers / layout designers... working in teams / in professional context, having used other software already...


my suggestion for a title: can I trust Scribus with my project?  (an introduction)


In this chapter, I'd like to read about the workflow...
including what role to give Inkscape ... and even Gimp ... and what role Scribus is adequate for...

I would also like to read about Libreoffice being compared to Scribus...

And all this on two levels -- for the free creative individuals, and the seasoned ones working in professional context...

The "trust" question, I  believe, is a very basic one, cause this is what happens when someone tries Scribus... a decision is being made... based on the experiment and the impressions...

And I would emphasize that Scribus is a very robust, stable "application", and that it is highly sophisticated... meaning that artistic / professional vision never has to bump into a wall, anything is possible, and possibly much more than you  can imagine at once :)


I believe that a PDF would be the good format, as opposed to an online "library" -- which is a good thing otherwise!! And the tutorial, or "handbook" could have version numbers, too...


Well, this is what I think


#60
Scripts and Plugins / Re: ISBN barcode -- with the h...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 09:24:32 PM
well, the options are predefined in the script...
see: https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/Options-Reference

I know you know this :)

I mean, the UI can't offer more options than the script...

My intuition is that terry has got soooo many requestS, including the "Aztek Mesas",
and trillions of other areas where they use barcode,
that ISBN has become just a little old project for him... solved ages ago :)