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Beginning Scribus
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Beginning Scribus

by Robert White
November 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
376 pages
8h 42m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 3

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Text Frames and Font Management

In this chapter, you shall do the following:

  • Explore text frame options

  • Import and edit text

  • Learn to manipulate the text

  • Select and apply fonts

  • Align text frames

  • Control text placement with tabs and indents

  • Create and edit drop caps

In Chapter 1, you learned how to start a new document. In Chapter 2, you had a good look around the Scribus interface. In this chapter, you will be taking a look at the text frame. You will look at how it can be used to handle text, and you will learn how to manipulate the visual aspects of its content.

When it comes to text creation and page layout, there is a balance ...

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