hi john > On 09/19/2010 12:46 PM, John Beardmore wrote: > > On 19/09/2010 14:52, John Culleton wrote: > > > >> ONe of the feature of a rectangle is the capability to round the > >> corners with precision. So perhaps a rectangle, partially obscured > >> by a shape on the next higher level, could solve your problem. > > > > Thanks ! That's neater than the way I did it last night ! > > Also check out this: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Rounding_Complex_Shapes > > which is something of a tutorial in rounding corners of various > types, in that you can see what sort of node and control point > positions will easily produce a rounded corner.
you can do it with scribus. and it's probably better to use bezier curves / lines. but, if you have to do more than one of them and want to have a tool which really helps you getting the task done, you should consider using inkscape. ciao a.l.e
