[Scribus] Cannot Space Letters: 1.2.4.1

[Christoph Schäfer]

Hi Rich,

Am Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2006 19:13 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>    I've been trying to change the tracking on adjacent letters in a
> headline, but without success. The letters are CTA; there is too much space
> between the C and the T, and too little space betweeh the T and the A.
> Other T+letter combinations have the same tight spacing.
>
>    One problem is that I cannot enlarge the text view in the story editor
> (or, I don't know how to do it), so it's a delicate operation to try to
> highlight the proper two letters.

It seems you are trying to change the tracking of a headline or something 
similar. In this case, it will be more effective to edit the content in the 
text frame directly and adjust spacing with the properties palette.
>
>    Then, if I change the tracking of the C and T to -3 pts and the tracking
> between the T and the A to +1.0 pts, the first two move further apart and
> the latter two don't change.
>
>    The font is Baker Signet 24pt, with small caps enabled.
>
> Rich

Cheers,

Christoph