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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003032ScribusInternalpublic2016-04-04 03:31
Reporterdave Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status feedbackResolutionopen 
PlatformanyOSanyOS Versionany
Product Version1.3 
Summary0003032: Tracking Units
DescriptionPerhaps options could be provided as to which measurements to use for typographic elements such as tracking, or changed to what typographers are used to.
Additional InformationUseful comments from a typographer on the Information Design Cafe list, located at
http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe , were:

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From: David Somers <dsomers at trevezel.com>
Date: 17-Jan-2006 21:16
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Scribus

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I also found the way Scribus works a bit strange: tracking is measured in
absolute points rather than % of em.)

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has duplicate 0004962 closedcbradney Add option to set kerning, tracking as 1/1000 of an EM instead of 1% increments. 

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PLucAuclair

2006-04-21 18:57

reporter   ~0010263

Yes it is a bit strange. Even more, normal notation is 1/1000 em units instead of current percentage settings that we can see elsewhere in Scribus (for tracking and kerning).

I have also read about multiples of 2 like 1024, 2048, 4096, but have never seen it in practice, as working with thousands is much more easier.

louisdesjardins

2006-04-21 19:36

developer   ~0010266

I'd be interested in knowing where we can find the origin of this 1/1000 em units exactly. Don't take me wrong, I am not saying it shouldn't be that. I am just curious.

PLucAuclair

2006-04-27 21:27

reporter   ~0010556

Well, extreme percision needed by typographers, and 1/100 at 72pt is pretty big. I think I read something about that in Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style but I cannot remember where exactly...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-01-18 23:46 dave New Issue
2006-04-08 18:13 mhanski Severity minor => feature
2006-04-08 18:13 mhanski Category User Interface => Internal
2006-04-08 18:13 mhanski Description Updated
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski OS => any
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski OS Version => any
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski Platform => any
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski Product Version 1.3.3cvs => 1.3
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski Description Updated
2006-04-21 14:17 mhanski Additional Information Updated
2006-04-21 18:57 PLucAuclair Note Added: 0010263
2006-04-21 19:36 louisdesjardins Note Added: 0010266
2006-04-27 21:20 mhanski Status new => feedback
2006-04-27 21:27 PLucAuclair Note Added: 0010556
2006-12-22 22:33 cbradney Relationship added has duplicate 0004962
2016-04-04 03:31 Kunda Tag Attached: discussion