> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:49:27 -0400 > From: gpittman at iglou.com > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] Two fonts, one line of text, in story editor. > > On 06/20/2015 12:38 PM, John Culleton wrote: > > I need to create a line of text in two different > > fonts, part of it in regular text and part of it > > in italics. The story Editor is very stubborn > > about this. After I key the part in Adobe > > Garamond italics when I change the font type to > > Adobe Garamond Regular and type some more it > > still uses the previous font. > > > > Also it wants to put everything in 12 point type > > even if I change to 9 points. > > > > I could use styles but how do I change styles in > > the middle of a line? > > > > and key > > some more it I keeps reverting the > > > > Some say "don't use Story Editor at all". > I think Story Editor can be useful at times. > Here are some pointers: > > 1. Use Character styles when you want some part of a paragraph to be in > some alternative font. Set your paragraph style, then highlight some > text in the middle and either apply features or a character style. > > 2. You can update the frame and still have Story Editor open. Use Ctrl+U > for the keyboard shortcut. Ctrl+W will update and exit Story Editor. > > 3. You might apply your Paragraph Style in Story Editor, then go to Edit > Contents mode in the main window to apply changes, again by highlighting > text first. > > I have never seen an inability to change font size. If you simply have > the cursor on some line and change a font parameter, nothing happens > unless you type more text. For existing text, you have to highlight it > to change some feature. Keep in mind that some features are controlled > by the paragraph style, for example line spacing. Line spacing is not a > feature of a character style. > > Greg
I've noticed that also. Would it be possible to add an option to the story editor to show formatting codes in-line with the text? William -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20150621/a17810b3/attachment.html>
