On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:53, Kai Gro?johann wrote: > I would like to create a (single-line) text field with a background > color. I cannot find out how to make the text field the right height, > though. The text field always extends quite a lot below the text, and > if I make it less tall, then the text won't fit. But it seems that > Scribus requires a lot of empty space below the text, more than would > seem necessary to me. > > An exaggerated ascii graphic should illustrate. Choose a monospaced > font for proper viewing. > > Here is what I want: > > +-------+ > > | Mmmmm | > > +-------+ > > Here is what Scribus requires me to do: > > +-------+ > > | Mmmmm | > > +-------+ > > I know that the text Mmmmm does not have descenders and space might > need to be reserved for them. But Scribus reserves much more space > than necessary. > > Scribus 1.3.0 CVS on MacOSX, binary install as of a week or so ago.
This is simply a limitation of the text frames, at this point in time. Please try Louis' suggestion. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20050825/6ada89f1/attachment.pgp
