On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:41:57 +0300 "Editor, JTCS" <editor.ejtcs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings, > I have tried to learn and use Scribus for a > time, and the latest result is like what you > can see on, say, > http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/jotcsa/article/view/5000082880/5000101113 > for example. As I am a chemist and not a > designer, I would like to learn what I can do > in order to get a better result. I am > especially wondering if I am doing something > wrong and would be glad if I can learn how to > do better. Thanks for your ideas, Barbaros > Istanbul, Turkey > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > There are horses for courses, as my father used to say. I use TeX for academic works. However my current project is full of tables with white on black headers and fancy graphics on the chapter heads. I can do these things in Context (my favorite version of TeX) but it is less work to add those features in Scribus. But Scribus is zero help in indexing and has a labor intensive handling of the TOC. So I have a hybrid project, using Context as the base, pdftex and eplain.tex for the indexing, and modifying individual pages in Scribus. I don't suggest this hybrid model for your book. But given its academic nature I would look hard at the TeX family, particularly Pdflatex and the memoir class. For the last academic book I typeset that is what I used. I would also question the use of a color other than black if the paper is to be printed. It certainly adds to the eye appeal. Adding a single extra color is not a problem using an offset press but digital press work will have to treat all pages as full color cmyk. This will increase the cost of the printing considerably. Just a few thoughts. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Book layout, typesetting and Indexing Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
