Branko Vukelic a ?crit : > On Wednesday 13. December 2006. 22:36, 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.
QXP and ID also ignore the first line's leading. > > > If I understand you correctly, Scribus doesn't offer any way of specifying > the > offset of first line from the top of the box? Not true. You can set the baseline grid as you wish and set the starting point of the grid. > > I find this to be slightly inconvenient, too. For example, InDesign, that I > use at work, offers the following choices: > > 1. Cap Height (this is what I usually work with): height of letter T (or H), > for example. > 2. Leading (line height) > 3. x height > 4. ascender... > > Maybe there is something else, but the above is what I use, depending on the > particular problem. This is much faster to work with than repositioning > boxes. > > Also, a nice feature is to be able to specify different baseline grids for > different boxes. Scribus has baseline grid feature on board for a long time now. Louis > > Now, I did read the part about Scribus not being a clone of DTP app XYZ, but > I > think these are more generic features that could be included in future > releases. > > Just my 2 cents. > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Louis Desjardins Mardigrafe inc. T 514 934 1353 F 514 934 3698 http://www.mardigrafe.com
