On 10/18/06, Philipp H. Poll wrote: > > b) When using the Linux Libertine underlined in Scribus with justified > > text there are gaps between the underline. Is this a Scribus or a > > LinLibertine issue? > Neither nor. Its a matter of good typography. In simple layout programs > like OpenOffice or Word, you'll have less problems. But more complex > layout software do their own tracking. I'm not yet sure, whether the > underlined variant of Linux Libertine is really wanted
The underlined variant was one reason for us to use LinLibertine. We produce a German/Russian magazine for immigrants and we mark difficult words in German in both the German and the translated Russian text. Underlining is a good unobtrusive way to do this. > > c) Does the oblique font contain a modern "z"? > First of all, the liberine italic is a real italic and no oblique (at > least for the latin glyphs). Secondary, I've already noticed that most > English users don't like the Oldgerman z-Form. In future I will make an > ordinary (faceless) z availible. Please keep the Old-German z too. It looks very nice in short quotes or parenthesises. It looks only odd when used together with continuous text in regular shape. Thanks again, Helge Hielscher -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20061019/be9f1ad2/attachment.html
