On 09.08.2015 13:41, Editor, JTCS wrote: > Greetings, > I have tried to learn and use Scribus for a time, and the latest result > is like what you can see on, say, > http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/jotcsa/article/view/5000082880/5000101113 for > example. As I am a chemist and not a designer, I would like to learn > what I can do in order to get a better result. I am especially wondering > if I am doing something wrong and would be glad if I can learn how to do > better. > Thanks for your ideas, > Barbaros > Istanbul, Turkey > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net >
Dear Barbaros, good job and thank you for your question. What is reasonable effort and will improve your next document is the concept of a grid. Scribus is offering "Guides" and the "Snap to Guides" feature to help you with that. You can even design your own grid and then make it clone to all pages of your document. You get the basics here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_(graphic_design) All your pages (possibly except the title page) should follow the same grid (or use a special page-template if you have special needs, like a full-page graph with caption). And please use the grid for all regular elements on your page: e.g. header-line (yes, no hanging-out sideways), logo-alignment, title, abstract, submitted-line, keywords, horizontal lines, headings (use the colour square to align), copy (main text). Centering certain elements (like the main title) is a matter of taste and is fine, as long as the title does not hang outside your personal grid. The grid-lines for your outside margins (defining the white space all around your pages) are most obvious and should be respected most strictly. What you do inside your "working area" is somewhat more free, but JLuc is right about the gutter (that is the white space between your two columns of main text). You want to SEE what JLuc and I am talking about: Print your Copper Octoate document on paper (first three pages) and use a pencil and a clear ruler and draw lines along the main-text-boxes and see which elements align and which are "floating" freely. A second detail to consider: Your margins (esp at the top of the page) are very thin. Since this is a working paper, people might want to print it, and work with it, namely highlight parts or write notes. But many printers will not be able to put your document on paper and will either cut or resize or will give an error message. Hope this helps, please keep using Scribus, and don't burn too much time with the layout, if you are publishing for amazing people who can read all that detail about cyclohexene... :) Greetings, Martin -- ZASKE Martin responsable G?G? BP 50 - Bassila - B?nin tel G?G? 66.66.11.11 tel pers 97.44.62.95
