![]() XPress always provides some bold and italics (and if it can't find the properįont style, will create one), Adobe InDesign at first sight only offersĮxplicit selection of font styles. User:Gpittman Fonts and type stylesīold and Italics type styles are a frequent source of frustration. There might be a way to facilitate creation of keyboard shortcuts for true apostrophes. Sometimes users can be helpful by offering their workarounds. The issues with quotes differ depending on the language of the text. These are all valid points, I think, but as you acknowledge yourself, not only difficult to decide proper behavior for an individual person, but even harder to generalize for many users. It would be great to be able to modify the kerning table for thoseĬorner cases and do that in Scribus, not by modifying the font itself. Often receive way too much spacing, while in "-verbose" the two dashes are tooĬlose. Some fonts have ugly settings per default,Įspecially regarding some program languages' quirks: in "C++" the plus symbols ![]() Visually correct kerning and spacing of pairs of letters is highly important toĬreate a well balanced text flow. And, of course, the layout software should use ligaturesĪutomatically where the are available in a typeface. Layout software should emulate the correct spacing. ![]() Proper Spacing should never depend on the availability of Unicode spaceĬharacters in a font like Scribus apparently does. This often proves to be surprisingly tricky Depending on the type of content (likeĮmbedding source code listings) the layout software should even refrain from WhateverĪutomatic mechanism is used to insert typographer's quotes, it needs to beĬareful to not stand in the way. Getting quotes right is relatively easy, but at times it is hard toĪutomatically differentiate closing singe quotes from apostrophes. Several points that prove to be difficult, eg. Starting with micro typography, there are That topic and with TeX the free software world has a kind of reference Typography should be the most important goal. Operations and of course be able to create a consistent and professionalĪt the foundation of a printed magazine is, of course, text. This basically means: interactive responsiveness of the application, tools andįeatures helping with repetitive tasks, having shortcuts for often-needed Magazine designers need to get their job done quickly. Layout software should both produce high quality results and allow the designer That is already available in scribus 1.3.3. It doesn't talk too much about the functionality It won't delve too deep into theĭetails, but rather outline the basic needs and ideas and explain why certainįunctionality is important. That arise when creating a printed magazine. This text tries to outline some of the less obvious but more important issues Scribus developers don't fall into that trap, and that's great. While simply copying all features of InDesign might provide aĬompetitive but free product, that's not an advisable course of action. Products highly differs depending on the type of product and the people But they have a point: The process of creating print Takes the all-features approach, bloating the program trying to suiteĮverybody's needs. Professional designers who take the software they are used to and trained on as Hobby users confusing layout and word processing, and partly due to To be suitable for real-world productions is cumbersome. ![]() Identifying which properties and which features layout software should provide
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