[scribus] Fitting Text

[Gregory Pittman]

On 01/13/2012 07:35 AM, Jean Mielot wrote:
>
> Of course in my case horizontal fitting would be equally important.
> I guess one could perhaps count the characters?
>

This is what I have done in one occasion. You can just crudely count 
characters, then experiment to make a formula for adjusting the frame, 
and if something more precise is needed, you might allow for adjustments 
as far as certain wide vs narrow characters (w vs i, for example). But 
is the additional script coding worth the work?


> This does raise one other question:
>
> Every time I add a textframe with text, the bottom of the frame is
> always slightly removed from the baselineof the text -
> possibly the line height - but I'm not sure.
>
> Is there a way to end the frame on the baseline and still allow the
> descender to extend? ID does this.
>

Some times a tiny script might also do the job -- imagine you write a 
script that modifies a selected frame by extending its height by 3-5 
points, and you could repeat the script if it isn't quite enough. This 
would work quite fast, probably faster than going to Properties > X,Y,Z 
(once it appears in your Recent Scripts list). Allowing descenders to 
fall outside of frames is hardly the only answer to the problem.

A more elegant answer could come from running a script which takes font 
size, frame size, and linespacing, then rounds up the height so that 
there would be space for descenders. At best not easy.

Greg