Hi, Can someone pick the following post and place it on the Scribus wiki for me, please! Sorry, I haven't got very far with this valuable tool. Should be placed in the HOW-TO section. Also, I can provide a French translation for this, as soon as I get a little extra time. (Greg, if you have any... ? joking!). Anyone willing to translate is welcomed! I should be done during the week-end.
Many many thanks in advance! :) Cheers, Louis Louis Desjardins a ?crit : > Hi, > > [Please feel free to put the following in the wiki. It can be > translated as well, of course.] > > 6 easy steps to get faked thin spaces into Scribus.* > > 1. Edit the Preferences > Short Words file so only the punctuation > signs that need thin spaces are in the list. [Basically, " ;, !, > ?,"]. Save. > 2. Apply Short Words from the Extras > Short Words menu > 3. Select one resulting space and copy it. > 4. Open the Search and Replace dialog and Paste that space in both > Text field. In the Replace field change the font size to 1/4 of your > body text. Then hit "Search" and "Replace All" > 5. Go back to Preferences > Short Words and replace the punctuation > signs that need thin spaces by the ones that need regular > non-breaking space. [Basically, " :,? , ?,"]. Save. > 6. Apply Short Words (step #2) and your done. > > The draw back is your thin spaces will not be fixed-width spaces. > Only, they will be much smaller. They will always be closer to the > preceding word, which is what we want to achieve. But the width of > the thin space may vary from line to line. Don't forget it's a > regular non-breaking space that is only set to a smaller typesize. It > will look better and give the feel of 2 different spaces. > > *It looks like a long ride but it really only takes a few minutes and > it does make a huge difference in typographic quality. > > Enjoy! > > Louis > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Louis Desjardins Mardigrafe inc. T 514 934 1353 F 514 934 3698 http://www.mardigrafe.com
