Other combinations that may be less than ideal include ff, fi, and fl. The combination "Va," for example, leaves a gaping hole between the two characters. This suggestion is generally adequate, but some letter combinations throw off the character spacing unless you are using a monospaced font. Just as fonts include suggested leadings, they also include suggested kerning. You will work most efficiently by increasing or decreasing the line spacing one point at a time, and pausing to evaluate the result before trying again. Set the field to Fixed Linespacing, and use the field to the right to set the leading by points.
To set the leading in Scribus, go the linespacing field, which is fourth from the top of the Text tab. Should the leading be the same size as the font, then the text is said to be "set solid." These defaults are intended to make the font readable, but in some cases, decreasing or increasing the leading may improve readability, especially if the font in smaller than 10 points. A 12 point font, for example, usually has a leading of 14 points. For a 1-12 point font, this is usually 2-3 points larger than the font size. Leading is so-called because, in the days of hand presses, printers once used pieces of lead to separate lines of text (in fact, I am told, they often used anything at hand, including folded wedges of paper).ĭigital fonts include a suggested leading.
There, you will find a series of fields for adjusting different aspects of the text in the frame. The tools you need for each of these tasks are available by right-clicking a text frame and selecting from the context menu Properties -> Text. That means, at least some of the time, taking full control of the layout and making adjustments line by line, or even character by character. However, the whole point of using a layout application like Scribus is to get things exactly to your likely. Generally, the results are good enough for most people and most purposes. In a word processor, adjustments of leading, kerning, and tracking are handled automatically. Now, it's time to really get your typographic geek on, and look in greater detail at how to adjust the spacing of text in Scribus: how to adjust the space between lines of text (leading), between characters (kerning), and upon a line (tracking). In " Tweaking Text in Scribus," I briefly described the tools available for manipulating text in Scribus.
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