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0014369ScribusTypographypublic2025-06-13 16:27
ReporterSpace Pootler Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
OSUbuntuOS Version16.10 
Product Version1.4.6 
Summary0014369: whitespace affects justification for centred text in undesirable ways
DescriptionThe last line of a centred block of text in certain configurations appears to depend on the trailing whitespace in ways that are not easy to predict.
Steps To ReproduceUsing the Josefin Sans Bold font in all-caps, type a block of text in a sufficiently large size that the last line is almost as wide as the containing element, and the previous line is almost exactly the same width.
Additional InformationI'm attaching images with control characters visible to illustrate the problem more clearly.
Tags#tobeclosed, layout
PatchNo

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related to 0017558 assignedale [PATCH] Preflight verifier: check for trailing spaces 

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Space Pootler

2016-11-15 21:11

reporter  

Space Pootler

2016-11-15 21:12

reporter   ~0042420

One space doesn't overflow, but it seems to push the line leftward.

Space Pootler

2016-11-15 21:12

reporter   ~0042421

If you add two spaces, the original one overflows and the centering is fixed, but now you have an empty line you didn't want.

Space Pootler

2016-11-15 21:23

reporter   ~0042422

Switching to shift-newlines doesn't help...

JLuc

2016-11-15 21:28

developer   ~0042423

Same on scribus 1.5.3svn

Space Pootler

2016-11-15 21:35

reporter   ~0042424

Okay I have no idea why this happens.

ale

2025-06-09 16:54

manager   ~0052721

Seems to be working here.
We have no document for replicating it.
After "HELP" there should be a newline.
centered-spaces.png (40,215 bytes)   
centered-spaces.png (40,215 bytes)   

JLuc

2025-06-09 22:23

developer   ~0052728

centered.sla (15,496 bytes)   
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ale

2025-06-10 04:28

manager   ~0052729

Jluc, your example is convincing enough!

ale

2025-06-10 04:39

manager   ~0052730

Last edited: 2025-06-10 15:18

Oh, wait: there is a space AND a newline there!

I have the feeling that Scribus' behavior is correct here...

P.S.: the solution would probably then be for the Preflight Verfier to warn when it detects trailing spaces and new lines at the end of the frame....
center-left-justifiy.png (72,469 bytes)   
center-left-justifiy.png (72,469 bytes)   

JLuc

2025-06-10 20:03

developer   ~0052732

i dont get it : why do the spaces sometimes interfere with centering and sometimes dont ?
imo centering text is centering visible text

ale

2025-06-10 20:18

manager   ~0052733

look at what happens with the right align text and for the forced justification.

it's the same for centered text.

the solution is simple: you should avoid spaces at the end of a paragraph.

latex removes and "compresses" additional spaces
html does the same.
scribus does not, and i don't think that we should have an exception for centered text.
(writer and word -- last time i've checked -- did not either)

JLuc

2025-06-13 13:49

developer   ~0052758

I see.

JLuc

2025-06-13 14:33

developer   ~0052759

Last edited: 2025-06-13 14:38

it feels unclear why some lines are space aligned and some other are non-space aligned (left aligned, right aligned or center aligned)

Possibly in some alternative reality there would be/is a setting where start-or-end-of-line spaces do not interfere with visible-text align.

ale

2025-06-13 16:27

manager   ~0052760

As far as I can tell, this is how all the WYSIWYG programs have been working since ever...

"Systems" where you directly see the result of what you are typing (like Scribus) tend to keep the spaces as typed by the user (with all the drawbacks that this has) and the ones where the output is only there after a compilation step (HTML, Latex, ...) tend to collapse spaces and remove the trailing ones (to the big despair of those who have caught bad habits with the former ones).
The reasons for it seem pretty logical to me.

If you want to discuss the topic, I think that it's better to move it to the forums.

I've now created a verifier rule for detecting the trailing spaces that is waiting for review.
I can extend it to also detect the white spaces (tabs excluded) at the start of the paragraphs and repeated white spaces (again, tabs excluded).
I would also detect spaces in front punctuation... but Scribus cannot (yet) automatically put the right space, when the language requests it.
Please comment there (it's linked above), if you want those, too.

All in all, while I've still not 100% understood the original issue, and we probably cannot replicate it because we're missing the file and the font, the case you're presenting is pretty clear and, as far this ticket is concerned, cannot really be considered a bug.
(You're welcome to ask for Scribus to ignore "bad" white spaces, I will agree that it's theoretically a good idea to do so, but I see little chances to see the feature being implemented any time in Scribus.)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-11-15 21:11 Space Pootler New Issue
2016-11-15 21:11 Space Pootler File Added: .discomposingly-Epicurism-subculture-s-pogonophorans.png
2016-11-15 21:12 Space Pootler File Added: .Kranach-s-pitifuller-leucones-infatuations.png
2016-11-15 21:12 Space Pootler Note Added: 0042420
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2016-11-15 21:12 Space Pootler Note Added: 0042421
2016-11-15 21:14 JLuc Tag Attached: layout
2016-11-15 21:21 JLuc Status new => confirmed
2016-11-15 21:23 Space Pootler File Added: .petrolled-lambish-barfs-ecstasying.png
2016-11-15 21:23 Space Pootler Note Added: 0042422
2016-11-15 21:28 JLuc Note Added: 0042423
2016-11-15 21:35 Space Pootler File Added: .Rhopalura-s-inhaling-trasheries-deselection-s.png
2016-11-15 21:35 Space Pootler Note Added: 0042424
2017-03-16 17:35 cbradney Relationship added related to 0014673
2017-03-16 17:36 cbradney Relationship deleted related to 0014673
2025-06-09 16:54 ale Note Added: 0052721
2025-06-09 16:54 ale File Added: centered-spaces.png
2025-06-09 16:54 ale Tag Attached: #tobeclosed
2025-06-09 22:23 JLuc Note Added: 0052728
2025-06-09 22:23 JLuc File Added: centered with space 2025-06-10 00-21-03.png
2025-06-09 22:23 JLuc File Added: centered.sla
2025-06-10 04:26 ale Tag Detached: #tobeclosed
2025-06-10 04:28 ale Note Added: 0052729
2025-06-10 04:39 ale Note Added: 0052730
2025-06-10 04:39 ale File Added: center-left-justifiy.png
2025-06-10 04:40 ale Note Edited: 0052730
2025-06-10 15:13 ale Tag Attached: #tobeclosed
2025-06-10 15:18 ale Note Edited: 0052730
2025-06-10 20:03 JLuc Note Added: 0052732
2025-06-10 20:18 ale Note Added: 0052733
2025-06-11 20:50 ale Relationship added related to 0017558
2025-06-13 13:49 JLuc Note Added: 0052758
2025-06-13 14:33 JLuc Note Added: 0052759
2025-06-13 14:34 JLuc Note Edited: 0052759
2025-06-13 14:36 JLuc Note Edited: 0052759
2025-06-13 14:37 JLuc Note Edited: 0052759
2025-06-13 14:38 JLuc Note Edited: 0052759
2025-06-13 16:27 ale Note Added: 0052760