[scribus] Small triangles when gradient diagonally

[john Culleton]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:25:39 +0100
Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de>
wrote:

> 
> 
> Am 29.11.2014 06:26, schrieb Owen Cook:
> >
> >
> >> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 at 8:18 PM
> >> From: "Rolf-Werner Eilert"
> >> <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de> To:
> >> scribus at lists.scribus.net Subject: [scribus]
> >> Small triangles when gradient diagonally
> >>
> >> I'm designing a Roll-Up with Scribus, and
> >> there is a slight gray gradient I have
> >> placed in a text box on the lower-most level.
> >>
> >> When producing a PDF for preview, on my
> >> system there appear 2 white triangles (upper
> >> right and lower left) in this box, i. e. you
> >> can see how the diagonal gradient is
> >> produced by circling its graphical box by
> >> 45°. In Scribus I cannot see this, it
> >> appears in the PDF only.
> >>
> >> Obviously, the width isn't adapted enough,
> >> so it doesn't fill the whole text box.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your advice.
> >
> >
> > Hi Rolf,
> >
> > I am not sure I understand what you are doing.
> >
> > I created a text box in 1.4.5 and filled it
> > with a black to white gradient, top to
> > bottom. Then exported it to pdf (1.5)
> >
> > Could not see any triangles.
> >
> > Maybe you could post the sla of your problem
> > document?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Sure, I'll attach a version with the background
> gray only. Just tried it out, the resulting PDF
> shows the white edges in the gray box. The one
> at lower left is a bit covered by the red
> strip, but still visible.
> 
> Maybe it's a matter of gray color on my screen
> only when shown as a PDF, and will not print
> like this? But how should I know?
> 
> Regards
> Rolf
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I renamed your file from attachment.bin to
attachment.sla and put it up in scribus 1.4.5. I
saved it as pdf 1.3.
In xpdf. I found a red box on the left and a gray
gradient on the right. I saw no white edges or
little triangles.

What did you use for a viewer? 

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