[scribus-dev] Scribus e.V.: application form and letterhead

James Cloos cloos at jhcloos.com
Fri Sep 19 03:41:33 CEST 2008


>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Schäfer <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> writes:

>> Scribus eV letterhead created by OOo Writer?  Not self-hosted?
>> :-) :-) :-)

Christoph> No, why should it be? This template is for use with an
Christoph> ODT-compliant word processor. I'd never use a DTP program to
Christoph> write letters.

Template does make a difference.  Letterhead to me meant something to
have printed up.

Christoph> If someone could send me a PNG created by Inkscape for a
Christoph> better printing result of the letterhead,

>> Wouldn't an eps or embeddable pdf be better?  

Christoph> Not for use with a word processor, since many word processors
Christoph> can't handle eps correctly and most of them can't import PDF
Christoph> at all.

You can tell I don't use word processors, eh?  (I use LaTeX for letters.)

But since it is an OOo template, can OOo really not embed any form of
vector art?  Perhaps an OOo draw file is the answer???

>> Keeping the art in vector form always works best for letterhead and
>> similar.  Especially if you want to print up some offset lithographs.

Christoph> But that's not what it's intended for. This is for use with
Christoph> an office printer.

Those still have 600 to 1200 dpi grayscale output (for some definition
of grayscale); vector art still looks better than pixmap art on them.

-JimC
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