On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:41:57 -0700 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:27:41 +0200 > Benjamin Dumke <scribus at benjamin-dumke.de> dijo: > > > Here's how I usually do it: > > > > Duplicate the text, so you have the same text frame twice, directly > > above each other. Leave the top one as it is; apply the outline effect > > to the bottom one (possibly with a higher percentage). That will leave > > the original characters' shapes alone, while still giving you outlines. > > That's a good workaround. I'm about to do it. OK, to document the workaround: I selected my text frame and copied to the clipboard. Then I edited it and applied a white outline at 33%. That made all the text disappear, but it also made a few bits of the underlying line art graphic disappear as well. Then I deselected the text frame and pasted a copy of the original on top. I now have the desired effect. > However, I think the text outlining thing should do the same thing. I > think the outline is being applied on the inside of the character > outline, instead of the outside. > > It seems to me that I once used a program that allowed setting the > outline on the inside or outside. InDesign? CorelDRAW? Illustrator? It would be nice if Scribus could do this but, as Gregory just pointed out, it cannot. I would file a feature request, but there are more pressing issues and this is pretty trivial, considering that the workaround is easy enough.
