[scribus] Banner Making

[Gregory Pittman]

On 06/26/2015 08:06 PM, Owen wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:01:59 +0000 (UTC)
> PETER GOODCHILD <pdgoodchild6262a at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,I want to make up a sign consisting of black letters, each letter
>> on a single A4 page in portrait view. I'd like the letter to almost
>> take up the whole of the page.Can someone explain the step by step
>> method to do this?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Assuming you have the basic skills, one way would be to;
> 
> 1. Make a text frame to fit the whole page
> 
> 2. Type the letter you require into the frame
> 
> 3. Go to the Properties Pallette and select the Text tab
> 
> 4. Highlight the letter
> 
> 5. Increase the font till the letter takes up all available space.
> 


This should also be scriptable too. For example, you might enter some
line of text, then use Python to split it into individual characters,
make a new page for each, frame to fill the page, and size the font
accordingly.

Greg