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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0003032 | Scribus | Internal | public | 2006-01-18 23:46 | 2016-04-04 03:31 |
| Reporter | dave | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | any | OS | any | OS Version | any |
| Product Version | 1.3 | ||||
| Summary | 0003032: Tracking Units | ||||
| Description | Perhaps 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 Information | Useful comments from a typographer on the Information Design Cafe list, located at http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe , were: -- 8< -- From: David Somers <dsomers at trevezel.com> Date: 17-Jan-2006 21:16 Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Scribus <snip> I also found the way Scribus works a bit strange: tracking is measured in absolute points rather than % of em.) <snip> | ||||
| Tags | discussion | ||||
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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. |
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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. |
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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... |
| 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 |
