[Scribus] Multiple fonts in one line

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Sat Nov 18 03:43:50 CET 2006


Michael Koren wrote:
> OrpheusJim wrote:
>   
>> I am creating a program for a choir performance, and I would like to
>> accomplish the following in one line.
>>
>> Song Name {flush left, Arial regular 12 pt}  composer {flush right, Arial
>> italic 10 pt}
>>
>> Ideally I would like to have a list of such lines in one text block.
>>
>> I am a "newbie" with DTP and Scribus and am very impressed. Any help would
>> be appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers - Jim
>>
>>     
>
> I think tabs would be the normal(?) way to do that--you'd need a right tab
> stop at the right edge of the frame (set them up in frame or paragraph style
> properties). But you'd have to apply the font properties manually to each
> item.
>
> The alternative is to use two columns in the frame and enter the two lists
> separately (do an insert->column break after the end of the list of songs to
> go to the next column). Then you can apply alignment and font settings once
> to each list, but you have to manually make sure the two lists stay lined up
> with each other.
>
>   
It seems what's needed is something that works like the '\hfill' command 
in LaTeX, which is exactly what Jim is asking for. There must be some 
way of implementing this.

Greg



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