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#51
Announcements and Forum Rules / Re: Scribus 1.6.5 and 1.7.1 re...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 15, 2025, 08:20:15 PM
Testing the updated version. There has been one bug that i thought was present. I never thought the keyboard shortcuts we ever loaded and saved. There isnt any status indicated what shortcuts are in use. The selection drop down starts at the first shortcut in the list, not which one is active. 

It would be a nice touch to have the active shortcut status shown in this section. Either in the drop down list, (probably the easiest to implement) or near the top of the window below the section title.
#52
Text and Typography / Re: Another text formatting qu...
Last post by Sheba2 - December 15, 2025, 08:12:35 PM
I did show the control characters, no extra spaces. I have not tried a different font and will try that. However (and I think this is important), it is the same font on the opening panel (far right) which has correct spacing both in the paragraph and between paragraphs; as on the rest of the document which does not have the correct spacing between the paragraphs.
#54
Scripts and Plugins / Re: greps – new version (v1.5)
Last post by utnik - December 15, 2025, 04:58:24 PM
hi jerome

You're right, afaik tkinter based scripts don't work on mac os. (at least i have never seen them running on a mac...)

utnik
#55
Scripts and Plugins / Re: greps – new version (v1.5)
Last post by jerome - December 15, 2025, 12:13:21 PM
Salut! I'm new to Scribus, and I'm trying to see if I can use Scribus every day as a graphic designer.
I was happy to be able to try this GREP script, but we agree that it doesn't work on Scribus 1.7.0 or 1.7.1 on macOS, right?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 11, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 15, in <module>
  File "/Applications/Scribus-1.7.1.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/tkinter/__init__.py", line 38, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/Scribus-1.7.1.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-313-darwin.so, 0x0002): Library not loaded: @rpath/Versions/8.6/Tcl
  Referenced from: <9620CE60-AE36-33E5-BAC2-CE18D0B40C33> /Applications/Scribus-1.7.1.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-313-darwin.so
  Reason: tried: 'lib/Versions/8.6/Tcl' (relative path not allowed in hardened program), '/opt/local/lib/Versions/8.6/Tcl' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/local/lib/Versions/8.6/Tcl' (no such file), '/Applications/Scribus-1.7.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Versions/8.6/Tcl' (no such file)
#56
Text and Typography / Re: Ten minute typo..
Last post by AdmFubar - December 15, 2025, 01:04:40 AM
There should be a certain amount of skepticism, and the author of the article also sells fonts. It is a slight front to help push his product. 
#57
Showcase / Re: Tales of the Black Death -...
Last post by prcek - December 14, 2025, 02:51:19 PM
Nice and interesting.
I'm the only one admiring the rats placement around the page numbering as they helped to spread the disease?
#58
Text and Typography / Re: Ten minute typo..
Last post by prcek - December 14, 2025, 01:38:24 PM
Agree with Nermander.
The first four rules are worth to consider, the fifth is arguable and could be expanded to several articles. Wholeheartedly agree with statement that a good looking font does not ensure it is easily legible.

I guess there is a common rule omitted that is valid for most of books/articles. The goal of text is to tell a piece of information. Its look should support it or at least should not disturb. Including pictures, colors, headlines.
#59
Text and Typography / Re: Ten minute typo..
Last post by Nermander - December 14, 2025, 10:54:31 AM
I am not sure I agree with the last item, there are a few good freely available fonts out there.

I really think the font choice could be expanded a lot, because there is a huge difference between how a font looks and how easy it is to read.

I once found someone who had typeset the same text with probably a dozen different fonts (all were high quality fonts) to make it easier to see the difference.

But those 5 rules are not bad, I think 90% of texts I read do not follow any of those 5! :)

Line length I think is the biggest issue, it is very difficult to read a text in 10 pt Times New Roman in 18 cm long lines (A4 with 1,5 cm margins).
#60
Text and Typography / Ten minute typo..
Last post by AdmFubar - December 14, 2025, 03:03:14 AM
Just found this, thought others would enjoy

https://practicaltypography.com/typography-in-ten-minutes.html