[Scribus] Hyphenation and Justification in Scribus

[Christoph Schäfer]

Am Sonntag, 18. M?rz 2007 02:15 schrieb jwminer at accessvt.com:
> I am trying to transition to Scribus for the newsletter I publish. I
> have a section with justified text. I like to have control over
> hyphenation and justification, being able to set a hyphenation zone
> and setting limits for adjustment of word spaces (such as 80-133% of
> a program's standard word space).
>
> I was unable to find such a setting in Scribus 1.3.3.8 and found no
> workarounds in the documentation or wiki. Have I missed something?
> It seems to me that a setting for H&J is essential for high-quality
> typesetting.

Agreed.

>
> If Scribus currently has no such setting, is it planned for future
> releases? 

Yes: http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=3094

> If so, how soon can we expect it?

Good question. I'm no developer, but I think the new text engine needs to be 
finished first.

>
> I am using Scribus 1.3.3.8 on VectorLinux 5.8 Standard.
>
> It's a great program. Thanks, developers!
> --Judy Miner
>   USA

Cheers!


Christoph