[scribus] SVG and text wrap

[Mike Morris]

Thank you for your response.  I thought about the (empty frame +
superimposition) approach, but I wanted to check first to see if my
conclusion about text wrap was correct.

I will experiment with the "ungroup" method, and with the unexpected
resizing, to see if I can learn anything additional.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:

> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>
>> Mike Morris wrote:
>>
>>> I am using Scribus 1.3.3.11 for Windows on a Win XP/Pro SP3 computer
>>> with a
>>> 1.5 GHz Pentium M processor and 2 GB of RAM.
>>>
>>> 1. I am new to Scribus, and to the SVG format.  I viewed the information
>>> on
>>> the wiki that says SVG format files cannot be inserted in a frame.  Does
>>> that mean that text wrap cannot be applied?
>>>
>> yes. Text-wrap will only apply to frames -- text, image, shape, and
>> polygon (parts of an SVG may be labelled Polygon N in Properties, but they
>> don't behave the same). If you can get any text wrap, it will apply to the
>> drawn elements of the SVG. As a workaround, make an empty frame the size and
>> shape you need superimposed on the SVG, then wrap around that. Note that
>> text wrap will happen in text frames underneath (lower levels and layers)
>> the frame you are wrapping around.
>>
>>>  I tried the Text Flow choices
>>> in the Properties box without success.  I did not find any info on this
>>> issue in the wiki, nor did my search of the mailing list provide any
>>> results.  Have I missed something?
>>>
>> On rechecking and playing around, it is feasible to Item > Ungroup your
> SVG, *then* apply text flows, but you will need to do it to each element
> where you need to in order to get the desired effect, and you can choose to
> wrap around the drawn element, the bounding box, or contour line (which will
> initially be the same as the shape of element, yet independently editable).
> This may or may not be worth the effort.
>
>
> Greg
>
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