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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0004351ScribusStory Editor / Text Framespublic2006-10-03 18:542006-12-21 23:44
ReporterKalbaugh Assigned Toavox  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformIBM T41OSWin XPOS Version2002 SP2
Summary0004351: Incorrect Kerning / Automatic Tracking
DescriptionOne of the best features of high-end publishing software is the ability to automatically track characters to evenly fill a frame so there are no large gaps between words when using block format. Does, or will, Scribus have this feature? Thank you.

(This is a duplicate, the fix applies to the problem illustrated by the screenshot)
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related to 0004686 assignedavox text layout should take hyphenation and punctuation into account 
child of 0004004 acknowledged Metabug: Typographic spacing 

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avox

2006-10-04 07:20

updater   ~0012774

To a point, yes. I personally hate it if words are spaced out just to justify text. IMO switching to flush left is typographically far superior in those cases.

The new layout system will avoid most of those ugly gaps though by
a) optimizing linebreaks over a whole paragraph.
b) extending glyphs by upto 2 % to fill a line
c) increase letter spacing (I don't really want it, but I guess I'll just implement it as a last resort and set a maximum of 5 % as default. People who like spaced out text can then set that maximum to 100 % if they like -- shudder :-) )

hhielscher

2006-12-01 19:56

reporter   ~0013704

Please make sure that the characters do not meld together, see letter_spacing.png

2006-12-01 19:56

 

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letter_spacing.png (8,267 bytes)   

avox

2006-12-02 19:26

updater   ~0013719

hhielscher: wrong in 1.3.3.4? Also in 1.3.3.6cvs?

If yes, this should be a separate bug.

I can't recall we changed anything regarding letterspacing
between 1333 and 1334...

hhielscher

2006-12-03 08:51

reporter   ~0013736

Sorry, I got confused by the scribus naming scheme. I was comparing new layout engine from cvs (1.3.4) with the stable developement version (1.3.3.x).

2006-12-03 08:57

 

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letter_spacing_134.png (8,243 bytes)   

avox

2006-12-13 00:14

updater   ~0013890

kerning wasnt applied at all :-(
should be fixed now, please test

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-10-03 18:54 Kalbaugh New Issue
2006-10-03 19:05 jghali Severity minor => feature
2006-10-03 19:05 jghali Category Build System => Story Editor / Text Frames
2006-10-03 23:09 plinnell Status new => assigned
2006-10-03 23:09 plinnell Assigned To => avox
2006-10-04 07:20 avox Note Added: 0012774
2006-10-04 07:33 mhanski Relationship added child of 0004004
2006-12-01 19:56 hhielscher Note Added: 0013704
2006-12-01 19:56 hhielscher File Added: letter_spacing.png
2006-12-02 19:26 avox Note Added: 0013719
2006-12-03 08:51 hhielscher Note Added: 0013736
2006-12-03 08:57 hhielscher File Added: letter_spacing_134.png
2006-12-03 09:22 avox Relationship added related to 0004686
2006-12-13 00:14 avox Status assigned => resolved
2006-12-13 00:14 avox Resolution open => fixed
2006-12-13 00:14 avox Note Added: 0013890
2006-12-21 23:42 avox Summary Automatic Tracking => Incorrect Kerning / Automatic Tracking
2006-12-21 23:42 avox Description Updated
2006-12-21 23:44 avox Status resolved => closed
2015-09-17 20:08 Kunda Category Story Editor / Text Frames => Story Ed/Txt Frames
2015-09-17 20:12 Kunda Category Story Ed/Txt Frames => Story Editor / Text Frames