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#1
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?
#2
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!
#3
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?
#4
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.
#5
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!)
#6
Scribus forums / Re: Tutorial to create a diary...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 01, 2026, 05:49:40 AMwow this just showed up in the rss feed
#7
PDF Generation / Cover page issues with DriveTh...
Last post by GameSprite - October 01, 2026, 01:35:57 AMNo matter what I do, I keep getting error messages that my page height isn't correct, even when it tells me it's the exact height they need. My doc is in A5 format, so it's looking for 8.27 (or 8.268) inches, and everything on Scribus and in the PDF export windows says it's good, but DTRPG doesn't like it. (Yes, I've monkeyed with the bleeds.)
It accepted my interior file (28 pages) with no problem. Anybody have any ideas, or is it time to go to itch . io?
It accepted my interior file (28 pages) with no problem. Anybody have any ideas, or is it time to go to itch . io?
#8
Beginner Talk / Re: No text color options avai...
Last post by JWHYHFR - September 30, 2026, 03:58:46 PMA big thank you to a.l.e, AdmFubar, and finally, to you, utnik. I should have checked the help section before asking for your help. But I first ran into a problem with the background colors (now fixed), and I didn't want to start working on my project with a potential second issue. Thank so much.
#9
Beginner Talk / Re: No text color options avai...
Last post by utnik - September 30, 2026, 11:35:59 AMhi jwhyhfr
what is grayed out in your screenshot is not the text (fill) color. it is the color of the outline of your text. you can select a color here as soon as you use outlined text.
utnik
what is grayed out in your screenshot is not the text (fill) color. it is the color of the outline of your text. you can select a color here as soon as you use outlined text.
utnik
#10
Beginner Talk / Re: No text color options avai...
Last post by JWHYHFR - September 30, 2026, 11:20:54 AMI hope that this is the screenshot that you need.