On Wednesday 01 February 2006 05:28 pm, Louis Desjardins wrote: > John R. Culleton a ?crit : > > I supose this is buried in the docs somewhere but allow me a lazy > > man's question: > > > > Is there a reasonably convenient way to shape text aganst a curved > > or irregular graphic? Something like this: > > xxxxxx > > xxxxx > > xxxx > > xxx > > xxxx > > xxxxx > > xxxxxxx > > etc. > > > > I see both book covers and cocktail table book interiors with this > > feature. > > The lazy answer is yes. :) > > You might want to know how to do it, don't you?! > > In the Properties palette under Shape tab you have a check box "Text > flows around frame". There is no way to actually set the text a bit off > the shape so you might need to use 2 irregular graphics : one with a > none color for pushing the text, and one filled as you wish to show the > graphic itself. > > HTH > > Louis
Outstanding replies! I will print them out and put them in my (overcrowded) Scribus binder. Merci and thanks to one and all. -- John Culleton
