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#1
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Aleks100 - Today at 08:10:49 AM...and why embed fonts into a PDF instead of just converting all the text to curves?
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 05:22:33 AMThis .sla seems a bit wacky! 
I cant get it to print from a PDF.
Many questions for you but the most pressing is; where did you get "cdman sym font medium" from?
I cant get it to print from a PDF. Many questions for you but the most pressing is; where did you get "cdman sym font medium" from?
#3
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Yosua - Today at 12:30:06 AM.sla file attached. Thank you.
#4
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 12:06:21 AMattach a .sla that has this issue. gotta see if this can be reproduced.
#5
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Yosua - October 06, 2026, 05:31:40 PMHi,
I am using Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.9457]
I am printing with Novapdf, but exporting to pdf from Scribus and printing the pdf with Acrobat Reader does the same problem.
PDF made from other programs print well, I have no problem of printing other pdf files.
Also EPS files exported from Scribus then open and printed with other program (Libreoffice) and SVG files also print badly with the same problem of dotted text.
I am using Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.9457]
I am printing with Novapdf, but exporting to pdf from Scribus and printing the pdf with Acrobat Reader does the same problem.
PDF made from other programs print well, I have no problem of printing other pdf files.
Also EPS files exported from Scribus then open and printed with other program (Libreoffice) and SVG files also print badly with the same problem of dotted text.
#6
PDF Generation / Re: Cover page issues with Dri...
Last post by Aleks100 - October 03, 2026, 11:24:20 AMHave you tried to use millimeters instead of inches?
#7
Features / Re: User Interface
Last post by a.l.e - October 03, 2026, 10:52:47 AMWelcome to Scribus!
You probably have downloaded Scribus 1.6.6, which is indeed the current stable release but is also ancient.
(It's not ancient because it has been released long ago, but because it's the result of a development process that has been done 10 years ago!)
If you want to use a modern Scribus, you can download the development version 1.7.x.
A lot has been improved in the functionalities but also in the UI.
And while there is still a lot to be done, the new Scribus is much nicer to use.
A few more things:
You can install both versions in parallel on your computer.
At first, do not do production work with the development version.
You can save in the 1.6 format from Scribus 1.7 (still, at first, only work on backups with 1.7!)
We're interested in the feedback on 1.7, not on 1.6.
And if the above is all wrong, and you already checked the current development version, please, please, give us more details!
You probably have downloaded Scribus 1.6.6, which is indeed the current stable release but is also ancient.
(It's not ancient because it has been released long ago, but because it's the result of a development process that has been done 10 years ago!)
If you want to use a modern Scribus, you can download the development version 1.7.x.
A lot has been improved in the functionalities but also in the UI.
And while there is still a lot to be done, the new Scribus is much nicer to use.
A few more things:
You can install both versions in parallel on your computer.
At first, do not do production work with the development version.
You can save in the 1.6 format from Scribus 1.7 (still, at first, only work on backups with 1.7!)
We're interested in the feedback on 1.7, not on 1.6.
And if the above is all wrong, and you already checked the current development version, please, please, give us more details!
#8
PDF Generation / Re: Cover page issues with Dri...
Last post by a.l.e - October 03, 2026, 10:18:47 AMHi,
Hard to say without having more details about your document and about the requirements of the target platform and the error message you got...
Can you say more about it?
Hard to say without having more details about your document and about the requirements of the target platform and the error message you got...
Can you say more about it?
#9
Features / User Interface
Last post by immamad - October 02, 2026, 08:45:06 PMNot sure if this is where I would submit feedback or if there is another section or e-mail address I could send it to.
The program feels very light weight which is nice. It does not appear to take up a lot of resources (I could be wrong).
I just started using this today, but the first thing I noticed is the user interface is not organized or user friendly. All the tools to edit things are out of view, which is fine, but then when I start adding them in the windows just floating around. Editing the text feels complicated. Even things like changing up the text styles seem buried in the window. The user interface feels like it needs an update to streamline and organize tools better.
The program feels very light weight which is nice. It does not appear to take up a lot of resources (I could be wrong).
I just started using this today, but the first thing I noticed is the user interface is not organized or user friendly. All the tools to edit things are out of view, which is fine, but then when I start adding them in the windows just floating around. Editing the text feels complicated. Even things like changing up the text styles seem buried in the window. The user interface feels like it needs an update to streamline and organize tools better.
#10
Text and Typography / Re: bastardic fonts
Last post by a.l.e - October 02, 2026, 06:09:32 PMOn a more "serious" track, here a longer talk that explains how Unicode works:
... for those who want to know better, what they can expect from Scribus and how much work has been done by our developers and those who created the libraries we use (or for the bits that are still missing, how "crazy" are the things that need to be worked on!)
... for those who want to know better, what they can expect from Scribus and how much work has been done by our developers and those who created the libraries we use (or for the bits that are still missing, how "crazy" are the things that need to be worked on!)