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anvalon

Hello everybody,

I just installed Scribus 1.7.2 but I'm not finding the button for the text shadow, that was present in the 1.6 version in the text edit box. If I import an old document where is some shadowed text, it correctly shows shadowed, so it seems that in Scribus 1.7.2 the feature is still present, but I cannot add a shadow to a new text. In the text edit box in Scribus 1.6 it was possible to set the shadow also to only a part of text.

Thanks

Lynn

You can still drop shadow text. Things have definitely moved around in 1.7.2 and the new icons take some getting used to.

In the text properties palette, you can apply a text shadow using the button all the way on the right at the top of the "Typography" section. You have to click on "Typography" to open up that section (See picture)

If you prefer to edit text in the story editor, it's the same icon as the text properties palette (an uppercase T, with the little arrow for the dropdown), it's located right next to the outline text button in the row with all the other effects.

Lynn

I don't know if this is a helpful method of comparing the user interfaces to anyone but me, but I made a PDF where I put the 1.6 and 1.7 palettes side-by-side and color coded where all the sections moved to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QlgVZkg1HED_m9XaIzwUYpX6mfUOWS9

prcek

Quote from: Lynn on February 10, 2026, 02:49:07 AMI don't know if this is a helpful method of comparing the user interfaces to anyone but me, but I made a PDF where I put the 1.6 and 1.7 palettes side-by-side and color coded where all the sections moved to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QlgVZkg1HED_m9XaIzwUYpX6mfUOWS9

Thank you for the work, but "access denied" message makes it less useful than it could be.
I mean, I cannot access it and probably no-one else except you.
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Any job looks easy until you try doing it yourself.

Lynn

Well you'd think if you hit share that it would share the file, but apparently it decided not to this time. The link should work now.

I've added a copy here, but I know sometimes the mods have to clean out attachments for storage space reasons so best of luck to any far-future visitor.

anvalon

Quote from: Lynn on February 10, 2026, 01:24:15 AMYou can still drop shadow text. Things have definitely moved around in 1.7.2 and the new icons take some getting used to.

In the text properties palette, you can apply a text shadow using the button all the way on the right at the top of the "Typography" section. You have to click on "Typography" to open up that section (See picture)

If you prefer to edit text in the story editor, it's the same icon as the text properties palette (an uppercase T, with the little arrow for the dropdown), it's located right next to the outline text button in the row with all the other effects.

Thank you very much