thank you again louis i think you have also answered my next question, which was going to be: "what is a glyph?" :)
mike --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> wrote: > From: Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> > Subject: Re: [scribus] line spacing > To: migueltrucha at yahoo.com, "Scribus" <scribus at lists.scribus.info> > Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 9:03 PM > mike a ?crit : > > merci beaucoup mon ami > > Plaisir! > > > > thanks for your help, i will experiment ... > > Good! > > > > your reply triggered another question; how do i use > special characters, like 'accent' marks over > vowels, and tilde's over 'n' for some spanish > words? > > I am responding to the list since I guess this question and > the answer > can be of interest to others. > > I assume you ask how to access those characters. Right? > > Insert > Glyph will pop up a dialog where you can pick > any of the > available glyphs for the font you are using. > > HTH > > Louis > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Louis Desjardins > <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> wrote: > > > >> From: Louis Desjardins > <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> > >> Subject: Re: [scribus] line spacing > >> To: migueltrucha at yahoo.com, "Scribus User > Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.info> > >> Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 7:54 AM > >> 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. > >> > >> [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
