* Peter Linnell <scribusdocs at atlantictechsolutions.com> [2003-10-28 21:48:14 -0500]:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 15:33, Andrew Morrison wrote: > > I've done some searching through the documents and mail list archives, > > but have yet to come across a great answer for my question, so forgive > > me if I missed something really obvious. > > > > I was wondering what is the preferred method for handling text with a > > lot of special formatting in it? For example, I am working on the > > layout of a newsletter published by a group of scientists. Normally, > > the articles are only text and images, and the layout is > > straightforward. However, I have an article which includes a lot of > > special characters, bulleted lists, subscripts, superscripts and > > mathematical formulas. Obviously, importing the text in the normal way > > would require a lot of formatting to be done. So, I've been playing > > around with the eps import. This is fine, if the text is short, but > > what if the article goes over several pages? Or if it needs to start in > > the middle of the first page? And accommodating multiple columns seems > > to be tricky as well... > > > > Is there a preferred method for handling this type of text? > > The missing info is what app is creating the math formulas ? That is > the key to answering your question. > > Peter Peter, How about something maybe "simplier" - bullets, special characters, and sub/super-scripts. Wouldn't those be within the font realm? A lot of people in science would be very interested in those, even if they don't use formulae. Regards, Alex.
