dear all, am doing some interesting research on 'microtypography' and find it so inspiring and refreshing. google for microtypography to discover more....
wish some day scribus touches all the subtle nuances of microtypography in its design goals. i can see it getting there, version after version. you can of course achieve all aspects of microtypography in scribus through the age-old practise of 'hand-tweaking'. creating intelligent engines to do this is the holy grail of digital typography software. :-) LL
