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#1
Beginner Talk / Re: How to Enlarge Tool Bar Ic...
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 10:04:18 AMAt this point, I would also evaluate a snapshot of 1.7
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.4.svn/
It's a development version, but the current state is probably at least as good as any 1.6 has ever been.
Depending on:
you might even only be able to achieve your goals with 1.7.
Just make sure that you actually can achieve everything you need with Scribus before going for it.
And you're welcome to ask further details and hints!
Your first question has already been answered: Scribus 1.6 does not work well on high DPI / big monitors.
Scribus 1.7 fixes that.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.4.svn/
It's a development version, but the current state is probably at least as good as any 1.6 has ever been.
Depending on:
- What you will be doing with Scribus
- How soon you will be starting doing production work
- The type of users who will be doing the layout
- Which features you plan to use
you might even only be able to achieve your goals with 1.7.
Just make sure that you actually can achieve everything you need with Scribus before going for it.
And you're welcome to ask further details and hints!
Your first question has already been answered: Scribus 1.6 does not work well on high DPI / big monitors.
Scribus 1.7 fixes that.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: How to Enlarge Tool Bar Ic...
Last post by mwhite212 - Today at 02:42:46 AMI do not believe there is a way to enlarge the icons, but 1.7.3 does have signficantly larger icons and generally more pleasant interface.
#3
Beginner Talk / Re: How to Enlarge Tool Bar Ic...
Last post by AdmFubar - August 14, 2026, 09:52:48 PMWhile I gave up on windows a long time ago, there should be an option to adjust the display scaling. I'm sure someone here will provide the exact location in windows. It might even be located on the desktop. Try right clicking on an empty section of desktop and see if there are any options for adjusting the scaling there.
#4
Features / Re: Balance text
Last post by AdmFubar - August 14, 2026, 09:46:10 PMQuote from: a.l.e on August 14, 2026, 06:56:47 AMP.S.: sorry for the verification. It's only shown to new users. It should stop after some time.
And I guess that we cannot really know, if it helps for blocking spammers.
... we can't ask the funny guy, who just yesterday posted 15 times a lengthy list of links, if they felt any inconvenience because of the verification.
sadly the bots are not inconvenienced in any way...
#5
Beginner Talk / How to Enlarge Tool Bar Icons?
Last post by KAH - August 14, 2026, 04:46:37 PMMy office may start using Scribus 1.6.5 with Windows 11 and I'm checking out the program for the first time. I've searched the forums and internet but found no answer to the following question. Is there any way to make the overall display, including the tool bar icons, larger? I have a desktop PC with a decent size monitor, but the toolbar is so small it's almost unusable. If the icons cannot be enlarged in 1.6.5, what about version 1.7? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
#6
Features / Re: Balance text
Last post by a.l.e - August 14, 2026, 06:56:47 AMP.S.: sorry for the verification. It's only shown to new users. It should stop after some time.
And I guess that we cannot really know, if it helps for blocking spammers.
... we can't ask the funny guy, who just yesterday posted 15 times a lengthy list of links, if they felt any inconvenience because of the verification.
And I guess that we cannot really know, if it helps for blocking spammers.
... we can't ask the funny guy, who just yesterday posted 15 times a lengthy list of links, if they felt any inconvenience because of the verification.
#7
Features / Re: Balance text
Last post by jason_clark - August 13, 2026, 10:17:15 PMAdmFubar,
Justification isn't what I was referring to. Balnacing paragraph text has been standard in InDesign for years. It helps prevent single words left on a line at the end of a paragraph, for example. Yes, you can play with tracking, but that implemented in InDesign recomposes the whole paragraph to ensure it looks more 'balanced'. Perhaps you haven't any experience of Adobe products. Illustrator has something similar as well. I'm not sure if anything else does something similar as I have been a heavy Adobe user for decades. Thought it worth asking as it's a very nice feature to have. It's a way of avoiding hyphenation, which generally looks bad unless you have to justify text.
As a.i.e. suggests, perhaps AI can help with a potential script. Something to investigate.
Thanks.
PS. This verification before posting is a pain in the arse. I'm doing it correctly but it keeps flagging up errors. Seems unnecessary.
Justification isn't what I was referring to. Balnacing paragraph text has been standard in InDesign for years. It helps prevent single words left on a line at the end of a paragraph, for example. Yes, you can play with tracking, but that implemented in InDesign recomposes the whole paragraph to ensure it looks more 'balanced'. Perhaps you haven't any experience of Adobe products. Illustrator has something similar as well. I'm not sure if anything else does something similar as I have been a heavy Adobe user for decades. Thought it worth asking as it's a very nice feature to have. It's a way of avoiding hyphenation, which generally looks bad unless you have to justify text.
As a.i.e. suggests, perhaps AI can help with a potential script. Something to investigate.
Thanks.
PS. This verification before posting is a pain in the arse. I'm doing it correctly but it keeps flagging up errors. Seems unnecessary.
#8
Features / Re: Balance text
Last post by a.l.e - August 13, 2026, 09:44:10 AMNo, as far as I know, Scribus can't balance ragged text.
Sadly, the fact the Scribus uses XML for its .sla files is orthogonal to the ability of using CSS.
It might be possible to write a script that goes through the text and adds and removes hyphens while counting the length of the lines... but I'm not 100% sure.
(It's not trivial to create such a script, but, from what I've seen floating around, AI knows well the Scribus Scripter API : - )
Sadly, the fact the Scribus uses XML for its .sla files is orthogonal to the ability of using CSS.
It might be possible to write a script that goes through the text and adds and removes hyphens while counting the length of the lines... but I'm not 100% sure.
(It's not trivial to create such a script, but, from what I've seen floating around, AI knows well the Scribus Scripter API : - )
#9
Features / Re: Balance text
Last post by AdmFubar - August 12, 2026, 04:37:57 AMi think you are looking for justification? you will fin the options to justify text in the content properties window when you have a text frame selected.
In the text content window look for the alignment entry, click to expand if it isnt already. There are several button to select the various justification options and vertical alignment.
Hope this helps
In the text content window look for the alignment entry, click to expand if it isnt already. There are several button to select the various justification options and vertical alignment.
Hope this helps
#10
Scripts and Plugins / Script to exort all text frame...
Last post by founder - August 11, 2026, 10:10:55 PMSince I failed to integrate LanguageTool into Scribus, I now have a tool to make it at last a bit more easy.
I have unsual
Layer General
Layer English
Layer German
I advised Grok to make a script for Scribus.
It worked on my Scribus 1.6.1 on Linux Ubuntu 24.04
I have unsual
Layer General
Layer English
Layer German
I advised Grok to make a script for Scribus.
It worked on my Scribus 1.6.1 on Linux Ubuntu 24.04