[Scribus] Automatic font size?

[Louis Desjardins]

>Frank Cox wrote:
>
>>Would it be possible to add a feature to automatically re-size fonts
>>to match the available space in a text box?
>>
>>That way, one could create a box of the size required, input the text,
>>then say "fit to box" and the font would automatically change size to
>>fill the box.
>>
>This has long been a desire and topic of discussion, but thus far 
>remains a backburner item. Suffice it to say that it is more 
>complicated than it seems.

In the meantime, "Convert to outline" does the trick. Of course, it 
is not editable after it's done, but you can resize the text any way 
you want. :)

Louis

>
>If we could get a handle on what happens to create the little 
>overfull widget, it would be possible to write a script to do what 
>you are asking for.
>
>Greg
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