[Scribus] Large space at bottom of text frames

[Gregory Pittman]

John Brown wrote:
> Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at ...> writes:
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>> 2007/7/7, Paul Hosler <pahosler at gmail.com>:
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>> Riku Leino wrote:
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>>   John Brown wrote:
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> ... I want to make the text frame black with white text. I get a lot
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>> of unnecessary black space at the bottom of the frame.
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>>   You could convert it to outlines if tight frames is what you're after.
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>> This may be over simple, but my solution was to take advantage of
>> layers.  I created a black box on one layer, white text in another (on
>> top of the box layer), then after I had the text the way I wanted it I
>> resized the black box.  A lot of formating can be made easier if you
>> utilize layers.
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>> Also, you can use 2 frames, one as the text holder and one as the coloured
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> background. The frame holding text can be any size big enough to hold the text
> and make it readable. The background one can be set as precisely as needed, as
> tight as needed.
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>> HTHLouis
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> Thanks to you all for your suggestions. I have not tried any one yet, but they
> make sense. 
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> Why are all these gymnastics necessary? No extra space is added at the top of
> the frame, so why is it added at the bottom?
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This has gone through some evolutionary changes. It used to be that more 
space was required above text , so that you had a limit as to how close 
the text can be to the border. In recent versions, this has shifted, 
where less space is seen at the top of the frame, more at the bottom, 
which explains some display issues that can occur when you import an old 
version's file. In the end, it has to do with how much space is assigned 
above and below the baseline for a given font, so you don't run the risk 
of chopping of tops or bottoms of characters.

Greg