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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0010527ScribusStory Editor / Text Framespublic2015-06-14 07:18
Reportermielot Assigned ToJLuc  
PrioritynormalSeveritytextReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformLinuxOSUbuntuOS Version11.10
Product Version1.4.0 
Summary0010527: Forcing line break on justified text causes end of line gap.
DescriptionIn Indesign when using justified text and forcing a linebreak (to get rid of hyphenated text for instance) - the line is automatically adjusted to fill the
space left.

Scribus does not seem to do this - which means you either have akward hyphenations or strange unjustified lines in justified text.
Tagsjustification, text, typography
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mielot

2012-01-18 10:45

reporter  

line-break.jpg (28,781 bytes)   
line-break.jpg (28,781 bytes)   

cezaryece

2012-01-18 10:59

updater   ~0027555

No... Scribus is formatting such line depending on last character before break.
If this character is space, then Scribus justify that line like it is last line in paragraph. In other case Scribus justify such line.
In your example you must place linebreak after space (just before word "dispense").

mielot

2012-01-18 11:04

reporter   ~0027556

Ah - thanks cezaryece - makes sense and works!

Let's close this one.

ale

2012-01-18 12:23

manager   ~0027558

basically, if the hyphenation is not correct, fix it!

i don't think that a line break is a good idea to reflow your text...

theoretically you should be able to add a soft hyphen before the word you don't want to be hyphenated and it should not hyphenate (there is currently a bug here, but cezary already provided a patch!)
you can also suggest new hyphenation points by inserting soft hyphens in the word.

back to the scribus side: the behavior described by cezary is quite disturbing to me... when it sees a linebreak, scribus should justify or not the paragraph. i don't think that a blank space at the end of the line should make a difference.
which behavior is retained depends on what linebreaks are good for. personally -- even if i'm used to see other programs to force the justification -- i'd prefer to see scribus treat it just like the end of a paragraph.
imo, the line breaks should only be there to avoid the paragraph spacing (indending, space above/below, or drop caps).

mielot

2012-01-18 12:50

reporter   ~0027559

I don't think forcing a line break to reflow text is problematic at all.
I work full-time as a magazine designer and have been doing it for a long time. Often it's the only solution - if you don't want to end up with excessive hyphens, which, I feel, is unsightly.

I would just say perhaps that scribus should see if the line ends with a space, and if so, remove it. But that's just because I'm used to Indesign - quite happy to adjust to the current setup.

JLuc

2015-06-14 07:18

developer   ~0035400

it seems there is no issue there

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-01-18 10:45 mielot New Issue
2012-01-18 10:45 mielot File Added: line-break.jpg
2012-01-18 10:56 mielot Tag Attached: text
2012-01-18 10:56 mielot Tag Attached: typography
2012-01-18 10:56 mielot Tag Attached: justification
2012-01-18 10:59 cezaryece Note Added: 0027555
2012-01-18 11:04 mielot Note Added: 0027556
2012-01-18 12:23 ale Note Added: 0027558
2012-01-18 12:50 mielot Note Added: 0027559
2015-06-14 07:18 JLuc Note Added: 0035400
2015-06-14 07:18 JLuc Status new => closed
2015-06-14 07:18 JLuc Assigned To => JLuc
2015-06-14 07:18 JLuc Resolution open => fixed
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