2007/10/23, avox <avox at arcor.de>: > > > Ok, now I was able to download it. :-) > > > Gregory Pittman wrote: > > > > > > There were many arbitrary decisions -- paper size, for one. I started > > out with US Letter, then switched to A4 because I needed a little more > > space. The fonts are Linux Libertine, so ended up being outlined in the > > PDF. I thought about making two columns, wasn't sure I liked the idea, > > so went with one. The PDF is 1.4 -- my default setting. > > > > I also support some layout which fits on A4 / Letter. > In your sample the lines are too long -- they should have 10-12 words max.
I agree the lines are too long. That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the page. I have not much to add on top of Andreas' comments. One thing tho is the fact that the PDF is not searchable and this, I am afraid, will take away much of the interest for such a piece of work (for some people at least). I understand this is meant to be printed to address a specific need but some others who have not shown up yet will ask for this searchability and will complain... !!! :) I also think with Peter Nermander on what version we have to concentrate since Scribus is a fast moving target. By the responses on the list, I understand Greg's initiative is actually addressing a real need. No doubt for me that in the long run it's going to be an interesting plus to Scribus. In the short and mid term I'm a bit afraid that this will take up quite a bit of vital energy. I still vote for the wiki, written and video! :) I think it's going to be easier to update and also to translate. I hope not to sound too discouraging. This is not my intention!!! Cheers! Louis In order to make it aesthetically pleasing and more readable I propose to > use > only the inner 60% (or 61.8%) of the page for one text column and have a > wide margin space at the outer edge. This margin space can be used for > keywords, subtitles, etc. Screenshots would also extend into the margin > space. > > If your titles have a larger fontsize than the body text, do not check > "adjust > to baseline" but set appropiate space before / space after values instead. > > (Eg. bodytext lineheight 12pt, title fontsize 14pt, title lineheight 14pt, > then > calculate spaces such that a one-line title occupies the same space as 3 > lines of > bodytext: 3*12 = 36 = 14 + 14 + 8, so space before = 14pt, space after = > 8pt) > Or, if you want to adjust your titles to baseline, set both space before > and > space > after to 12 pt. That way there will be 2 empty line before and 1 empty > line > after > these titles (and a 24pt linespacing if you have more than one line for > the > title). > > Cheers, > /Andreas > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Manual-tf4657972.html#a13370260 > Sent from the Scribus mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20071023/d7507d18/attachment.html
