Louis Desjardins a ?crit : > mike a ?crit : >> not to change the subject, but can anyone tell me how to change the >> spacing between lines in scribus? i think this used to be know as the >> 'letting' > > Hi Mike, > > "Leading" is the other word for "linespacing". > > When you set the values for text in the Properties Palette > Text tab, > it?s possible to set only one linespacing value per text frame. > > For more flexibility regarding linespacing, you have to create paragraph > stylesheet in Edit > Paragraph Styles... Scribus then allows the use of > as many linepacing values as you want ? per paragraph ? in one single > text frame, provided you have set a paragraph stylesheet for each, and > have applied it through the Story Editor. > > As you may have found already, you have 3 options for linespacing (in > the PP and in the Paragraph Style... create dialog): > > [Auto] > [Fixed] > [Lock to baseline grid] > > To see those options, you have to keep your mouse button clicked on the > icon to see a well-hidden pull-down menu. [Some of us here on this list > pray for this hidden-menu to be replaced by something more obvious for > users!!! You may pray with us!!! :-) ] > > [Auto linespacing] is based on a percentage value of the typesize you > are using. This percentage has to be set in the Preference > Typography. > The default is 20%. This means that for a typesize of 10 pts, you?ll get > an auto linespacing of 12 pts. As you increase or decrease your > typesize, the leading value will increase or decrease by this > percentage. The auto percentage can be changed either in the Prefs (with > no document open) and will affect all further documents or it can be > modified at any time in the Edit > Document Settings > Typography (the > dialogs are identical) and will affect only the current document. > Autolinespacing is quick but remember that a change in the percentage > will affect all the paragraph to which this type of linespacing was used.
Ooops... Sorry! I must correct myself. This last sentence is not true. I just tested it. A change in the percentage won?t affect the paragraph already created. Louis > > [Fixed] is just that: fixed. You set a value for linespacing and this > value will not change when you increase or decrease the typesize. > > [Lock to baseline grid] will not care about the font size either. You > need to go to the Preferences, in the Guides section. There at the > bottom right you?ll see 2 fields. One is the grid itself, so the > linespacing value, and the other is the offset, where it will start. > This is mostly used in multicolumns documents where you want to see all > the lines properly aligned from one column to another, especially if you > have objects such as images that break the text flow here and there in > your layout. > > Cheers! > > Louis > >> >> working on a business card and there is too much space between the >> lines as default ... >> >> thanks guys >> >> mike
