[scribus] Vertical centering of text in a frame

[Ken Springer]

On 2/25/17 6:38 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 02/25/2017 07:30 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>> Scribus 1.4.6
>> Windows 7
>>
>> I want to center a line of text in a frame.  But so far have not found a
>> reliable way to do this.
>>
>> I didn't find any easily selectable option, but for a couple of frames I
>> could "fake it" by using the baseline offset in advanced settings.
>>
>> But with frames of a lower height, it doesn't work.
>>
>> I found a script here that claimed to do it,
>> http://superuser.com/questions/231576/scribus-vertically-align-text-within-a-text-framed,
>> but it doesn't.
>>
>> Is it even possible in 1.4.6?  What about 1.5.2?  For the current
>> project, 1.5.2 is not an option but I would like to know if it can be done.
>>
>>
> In the 1.5.x series, there is now a setting for this. In the text tab or
> Properties or Text Properties palette (1.5.3svn), under Columns and Text
> Distances, at the top you will see Vertical Alignment, with choices of
> Top, Middle, and Bottom.
>
> For the 1.4.x versions, I did create a script that will center text
> vertically:
>
> https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Centering_text_vertically_in_a_frame
>
> which works pretty well. What it does is use the linespacing, the number
> of lines of text, the height of the frame, and divides the leftover
> space in two and uses that to set the Top Distance. It can also be
> recursive, for example, if you run it, but then add some more text, you
> can rerun the script to reset the Top Distance.

Hi, Greg,

I'll give your script a try and get back and let you know.


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