hi > > in this specific case one of the questions which are open is: > > now, you've inserted a glyph from the palette and it has correctly > > been set to zapfdingbats. if you then type the next char in the > > frame itself, which font should the new char have? the one you were > > using in the frame or the one applied from the "insert glyph" > > dialog? i guess that -- most of the time -- you want to continue > > with the font you had in the frame... > > > > This is the way most programs seem to do this, and it's way that the > Story Editor does it also. In essence, an inserted glyph should be > aware of its surroundings. If a particular font is left and right of > the inserted, that is simple. If there is a mismatch, Scribus should > choose one or the other
that's the question: the one or the other? >, and not the default. this is probably the worst choice, i agree! > As far as the default, I think that when you set a font for the frame > -- selecting the frame, then changing in Properties -- that the > default font of the frame should change. ... and i think that there should be no default font for the frame... that would make many things much simpler, some things a bit more complex, but all things more predictable... it's exactly those things that should be sorted out! to be continued. a.l.e
