[scribus] Any advice on font and layout.

[ZASKE Martin]

Dear Wena-Parry,

seems there is at least one other person working on something rather
similar, if I remember correctly. It might be worth searching the
archives to connect possibly with him or her.

Your problem is somewhat special in that you say "my font looks too
small", where in Scribus you got full control of your font size. Seems
that you want to stick to a certain layout and are now looking for a
font "which provides better readability although it is set to a rather
small size"?

I have not come across that so far, but we are using Charis SIL with
good success here in West Africa. The font was made "for laser printers"
which is a euphemism for not-always-perfect print-quality.

(We print only 16pt or bigger, but our readers often do not have access
to reading-glasses, although they would need them; so our context
somewhat simulates your needs.)

I trust that your print quality is just right, but you could experiment
with Charis SIL and see whether its rather humble and strong shapes
provide good readability for your document.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charis_SIL


hth

Martin



On 20.01.2016 14:53, wena-parry at talktalk.net wrote:
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> I have
> produced a book of bilingual hymns of 203 pages. It is really to scrubs, one on the
> left containing the Welsh Lyrics, and the English words on the right. It should be printed two page on an
> A4, producing an A5 book.
> 
>  IS THERE A
> FONT THAT WOULD FIT BETTER?? 
> 
>  I am
> attaching the pdf copy. Now my problem that the font; Times New Roman font looks to small in A5. And some pages needs to go into a
> signal column. Then some of them need to go to the next space. 
> 
> I am also
> keeping the same English text on the right finishing the page to be the same as
> the Welsh.
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> There are
> two layouts in this book the one in the Welsh and the English so that the they. The Welsh are the even numbers, the
> English are the odd.
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> Any advice
> on font and layout.
> 
> 
> 
> I have
> produced a book of bilingual hymns of 203 pages. It is really to scrubs, one on the
> left containing the Welsh Lyrics, and the English words on the right. It should be printed two page on an
> A4, producing an A5 book.
> 
> 
> 
> IS THERE A
> FONT THAT WOULD FIT BETTER?? 
> 
> 
> 
> I am
> attaching the pdf copy. Now my problem that the font; Times New Roman font looks to small in A5. And some pages needs to go into a
> signal column. Then some of them need to go to the next space. 
> 
> 
> 
> I am also
> keeping the same English text on the right finishing the page to be the same as
> the Welsh.
> 
> 
> 
> There are
> two layouts in this book the one in the Welsh and the English so that the they. The Welsh are the even numbers, the
> English are the odd.Wena Parry
> 
> 
> 
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> 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
> 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
> 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
> 	mso-style-noshow:yes;
> 	mso-style-parent:"";
> 	mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
> 	mso-para-margin:0cm;
> 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
> 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
> 	font-size:10.0pt;
> 	font-family:"Times New Roman";}
> 
> 
> 
> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }
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> 
> 
>  /* Style Definitions */
>  table.MsoNormalTable
> 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
> 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
> 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
> 	mso-style-noshow:yes;
> 	mso-style-parent:"";
> 	mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
> 	mso-para-margin:0cm;
> 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
> 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
> 	font-size:10.0pt;
> 	font-family:"Times New Roman";}
> 
> 
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