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Scribus
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Scribus under Mac OS X
Maintainer: The Scribus Team
Latest release: 1.3.3.4 (development) / Oct. 3, 2006
OS: Cross-platform
Use: Desktop publishing
License: GPL
Website: www.scribus.net

Scribus is a free, open source desktop publishing (DTP) application. Native versions are available for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows. It has high end page layout features of the kind found in Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign. Image File history File links Scribus_logo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (879x744, 301 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Scribus ... In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) combines a personal computer, page layout software and a printer to create publications on a small economic scale. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about free software as defined by the sociopolitical free software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ... ... Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) combines a personal computer, page layout software and a printer to create publications on a small economic scale. ... Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... Unix or UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. ... Mac OS X (officially pronounced Mac Oh-Ess Ten) is a line of open source graphical operating systems, with proprietary higher level API layers, developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Computer, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently shipping Macintosh computers. ... Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation, initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems PostScript page description language. ... QuarkXPress is a page layout application for Mac OS X and Windows, produced by Quark, Inc. ... Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) application produced by Adobe Systems. ...


Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting, and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing small newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. ... A brochure is a flyer or other paper material distributed for the purposes of advertising. ... A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Scribus supports most major graphic formats in addition to SVG. Professional type/image setting features include CMYK colors and ICC color management. It has built in scripting using Python and is available in more than 24 languages. SVG is also the IATA code for Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The International Color Consortium was formed in 1993 by eight industry vendors in order to create a universal color management system that would function transparently across all operating systems and software packages. ... It has been suggested that Color Matching Method be merged into this article or section. ... Scripting programming languages (commonly called scripting languages or script languages) are computer programming languages designed for scripting the operation of a computer. ... Python is an interpreted programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990. ...


Printing is achieved via its own internal level 3 PostScript driver, including support for font embedding and sub-setting with TrueType, Type 1 and OpenType fonts. The internal driver fully supports Level 2 PostScript constructs and a large subset of Level 3 constructs. PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... OpenType is a scalable computer font format initially developed by Microsoft, later joined by Adobe Systems. ...


PDF support includes transparency, encryption and a large set of the PDF 1.4 spec as well as PDF/X3, including interactive PDFs form fields, annotations and bookmarks. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Based on XML, the file format is fully documented. Text can be imported from OpenDocument text documents, as well as RTF, Microsoft Word .doc, and HTML formats (although limitations apply). The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is an open format for saving and exchanging office documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, databases, charts, and presentations. ... The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated to RTF) is a document file format that has been continually developed by Microsoft since 1987 for cross-platform document interchange. ... Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Office Word, is Microsofts flagship word processing software. ... An example of HTML code with syntax highlighting and line numbers In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ...


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Articles

  • Linux Magazine article series: Linux for Layout
    • Part 1: A Linux Newspaper — Professional layout in Linux with Scribus (PDF, free download)
    • Part 2: Desktop publishing in Linux — Professional typography and layout with Scribus (PDF, free download)
    • Part 3: Desktop publishing in Linux — Putting the finishing touches on our Scribus Linux newspaper (PDF, free download)
  • Scribus: Open Source Desktop Publishing
  • Scribus in the Commercial DTP World
  • Small-business forms using Scribus and PDF
  • A short Scribus PDF manual by Scot Blades, with source materials available
  • Desktop publishing with Writer and Scribus

  Results from FactBites:
 
Introducing Scribus | Linux Journal (3819 words)
Scribus cleverly works around some of the potential limitations of Linux and UNIX as DTP platforms, by the extensive and flexible use of PDF as an output file format and to a lesser extent, PDF import.
Scribus is most definitely not a word processor; it belongs to the family of applications known as page layout programs.
Scribus is necessarily quite fussy about font paths and has a lot of code to sniff out the exact capabilities of your installed fonts.
Scribus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (347 words)
Scribus is a free, open source desktop publishing (DTP) application.
Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting, and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment.
Scribus supports most major graphic formats in addition to SVG.
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