[Scribus] Font Help Please

[Stewart Noy]

Thanks, yeah I had hoped not to change at this point as I had chosen font
size, layout etc. but looks like I might have to rethink.
Was trying to do the project as open source as possible as it's a small
bouldering (rock climbing) guide that will only interest a small group of us
down here in South Africa :)
  

John R. Culleton wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 05 July 2007 07:56, Stewart Noy wrote:
>> The font I'm refering to is the Bitstream Vera Sans Bold font.
>> Is there a way to adjust the boldness of this font?
>> The bold it offers is too thick, and I've tried playing around with
>> Outlines, Scaling Width of Characters, and Scaling Height of
>> Characters but just can't seem to achieve a good balance.
>> Is my only option to edit the font, and as a novice would this be
>> advisable as I need to embed the font?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Stewart
> 
> Fonts for print should always be embedded. If the font does not suit I 
> suggest selecting another font, perhaps one with the demi-bold 
> characteristic. 
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