[Scribus] broken underlines w/ kerning

[Steve deRosier]

I have a piece of text with the following properties (set via story editor):
font: Bitstream Vera Sans Bold
size: 72 pt
underline
kerning: 15 pt.

When viewed in scribus, the underline is solid, but when printed it is broken as if the underline is solid under each letter, but there is 15pts of white between each section of underline.  How do I make underline the entire word without breaking the underline?

Thanks,
- Steve