On 04/24/2010 09:20 AM, John Culleton wrote: > On Friday 23 April 2010 11:50:48 Dai Butt wrote: >> Been looking at the wiki and around Scribus and there does not seem to >> be a way of creating gradient text within Scribus. >> Question two is it possible to rotate a text box without screwing up the >> text inside it if so how? > > > It is very easy to rotate a text block. I use the technique for spine text > as described in my e-book. You right click on the text block, choose > "Properties" and one of the properties is Rotation. > > The techique for filling text with an image is described on page 362 of > "Scribus The Official Manual". A gradient is an image. The technique is also > described online somewhere but it is a lot easier looking it up in the > book. Those of us writing books should not be shy about investing in one. > Without the manual, and/or a very careful study of the Wiki, you (and I) > are flying blindfolded through the Alps.
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Gradients Greg
