hi stephen, a late answer...
> Reference: > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_text_frames#The_Problem_of_Uneven_Lines_in_Columns > > > Here's an idea on solving this issue. > > Give each text frame it's own internal baseline grid for the majority > line spacing its text has. > > This way, each text frame can have it's own line spacing. Forcing all > the text frames in your doc to have the same is a bit of an issue when > you would like to "compress" certain frames for certain pages. > > I rarely see paragraphs in a frame that have different spacings to one > another, this is the only complication I foresee. In this case the > internal grid needs to have lines for each uses spacing and then > choose the write one for the right condition. this won't work... at least not for me. i only need the baseline grid to make lines even across frames! > Anyway, other DTP apps having been getting away with it since the > stone age, so it's doable. > > You guys have any ideas? i don't know how other DTP solve this, but i agree that having multiple baseline grids in a document would be really welcome. the question is: how to implement it! a long time ago, i proposed to allow drawing several baseline grids on the page (or, probably better: on a master page). i'm not sure anymore that it's really a good idea... however. the discussion is here: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=586 ciao a.l.e
