Clayborne Arevalo wrote: > I think the way Scribus handles linespacing isn't optimal for > multi-column layouts. > > For example, let's say I create a line with 12pt text at 36pt > linespacing. If the line is the first line in the text box, > Scribus will ignore the huge linespacing I specified for the > text (36pt) and instead use the height of the text as linespacing > (12pt). Scribus will only honor the linespacing if it's not on > the first line of the text box. > > This makes it difficult to align multi-column layouts. > > Imagine the following scenario: I have a "Section Head" style > with 14pt text at 24pt linespacing. For my "Normal Text" style I > have 10pt text at 12pt linespacing. If Scribus honors my 24pt and > 12pt linespacing everywhere it occurs, then I will have not much > trouble aligning my text, since obviously: > > 12pt x 2 = 24pt. > > However, with Scribus's current behavior of ignoring linespacing at > the top, I have to manually reposition the text box if I want my > columns to finish evenly at the bottom since the first line will > have a linespacing of 14pt rather than 12pt.
You could attach your lines to the baseline and forget manual tweaking.
