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#81
Text and Typography / Re: Drop shadows causing lag
Last post by AdmFubar - April 03, 2026, 05:03:50 AM
Need more info.
Are you add drop shadows to all the text or just certain sections of text?

Are the text boxes linked? and are they in columns?


I've created a 100 page document on my machine in 1.7.1 and added some text. It doesn't seem sluggish to me, but i may not be recreating exactly what you have in your document.

If you have started adding the shadowed text that might be the cause. You can try creating a style for the shadowed text, not actually include the shadow option for the text. Apply the style as needed. Then after you have your layout "finished" you can edit the style to include the shadow. This may speed up the responsiveness of scribus.

What version of scribus are using and what os and version is on your computer.. System specs will help as well.
#82
Text and Typography / Drop shadows causing lag
Last post by AlShamar - April 03, 2026, 12:35:42 AM
Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help.

I am in the process of creating a 100 page document and all of the text will need to have a drop shadow. I'm barely on page 3 and am already noticing the lag and the programme is getting sluggish and frustrating and it'll not doubt get worse when I start adding images and the pages i need fill.

Is there any way that I can either add more memory to the programme or find a way to stop the programme rendering the drop shadows so that I can complete the doc knowing the shadows are there even if i cant see them? Any help suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated.
#83
Code / Add dev branch to FlatPak to k...
Last post by sudbg - April 02, 2026, 12:53:32 AM
I love nightlies, specifically with the great Scribus; currently, if a new release happens, I have to download it manually from SourceForge and then install it with Flatpak. It would be much easier to add the development branch to Flatpak and give the user a choice of which branch to install.

Could be added the same way as GIMP nightly, i.e., into GNOME's official nightly Flatpak repository.
 
#84
Beginner Talk / Can Text Frame resize based on...
Last post by IanicM - March 30, 2026, 04:09:41 PM
I have a simple text frame, and I would like it to automatically resize, either vertically or horizontally, based on its content.

I've found options that adjust the spacing between the text and the frame, but I haven't found any way to make the frame itself expand automatically.

Is there such an option? If not, is there a workaround to achieve this behavior?

Note : I tried the Item - Adjust - Adjust Frame Height to text, but this doesn't expend the Text frame to expose all the text, it only frame around current visible text.
#85
Showcase / Re: NGO report made with scrib...
Last post by Tibolu - March 29, 2026, 11:24:23 PM
Thank you @utnik for your honest feedback !

Quote from: Aleks100 on March 27, 2026, 07:42:25 PMWhy no hyphenation?
Just like utnik wrote, I tend not to use it unless I justify my text.
#86
General Discussion / Re: SCRIBUS ON A MACBOOK NEO
Last post by MrB - March 29, 2026, 09:59:43 PM
Download the Mac version I produce from our download links and see. They are build for the Apple Silicon chips. Let me know if there is an issue - then someone can donate me a Neo if it fails :)
#87
General Discussion / Re: SCRIBUS ON A MACBOOK NEO
Last post by utnik - March 29, 2026, 12:41:06 PM
hi james

i used scribus on different macbooks since almost twenty years – not on a mb neo so far. but there is no reason why it shouldn't run on it...

utnik
#88
General Discussion / SCRIBUS ON A MACBOOK NEO
Last post by James Glover - March 29, 2026, 08:32:20 AM
I'm considering getting a MacBoook Neo for publishing with Scribus. My gut tells me there shouldn't be any problems, but I wanted to ask first. Has anyone installed it and encountered any issues with regards to editing, writing, and publishing docs?

Thanks,

James
#89
PDF Generation / Re: Embed / Subset problem.
Last post by avox - March 28, 2026, 11:44:39 PM
Does spectral regular work in the webbrowser when embedded in other PDFs?

When Scribus subsets a font it only generates the minimal needed parts of a font in a consistent manner. The original font might use features that are not supported in a webbrowser.
#90
Beginner Talk / Re: Character styles: make pro...
Last post by utnik - March 28, 2026, 08:35:03 PM
hi mountainman

afaik this is not possible. but it is an interesting feature. maybe you could request it here.

utnik