[Scribus] Large space at bottom of text frames

[Riku Leino]

John Brown wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> First of all, I am a new user of Scribus.
>
> This is not a problem if I am writing black text on a white background.
> However, I want to make the text frame black with white text. I get a lot
> of unnecessary black space at the bottom of the frame.
>
> For example:
>
> I created a frame and set the font to Times New Roman, 72 pt. I added the
> text "pencil". I cannot drag the bottom of the frame up until it is just
> below the bottom edge of the "p". If I make the height of the frame less
> than 82 points, the text will disappear.
>
> I looked in the Frame Properties and the Story Editor, but I did not an
> option to control spacing (except line spacing, which did not help).
>
> I am using version 1.3.3.9 on Windows XP SP2.
>
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You could convert it to outlines if tight frames is what you're after.