Scribus Specifications

Scribus Specifications

Summary:

Scribus is an open source cross-platform page layout (DTP) program.Originally developed on Linux, Scribus also runs natively on MacOSX and Windows 2000 and XP. The goals of the Scribus Team is to make professional page layout accessible for beginners without limiting support for professional publishing features such as: spot color support, CMYK color, high grade PDF creation, Encapsulated PostScript import/export and creation of color separations.

Document Features:

Frames, visible and hidden with support for rounded edges and corners for text and objects, rotatable and scalable Page Templates - Page Palettes allow for easy page management Document-wide layers - editable and items can be moved Paragraph styles with numerous paragraph and text style options (alignment, fonts) Manual kerning of type and embedding fonts allowed in all documents including PDFs. Object linking, grouping, moving, locking, resizing and converting to different object types. Margins, guides and snap to grid which can be user defined, as well as hidden or visible.

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