[scribus] Scribus 1.5.3 on Debian with Python 3

[ZASKE Martin]

Sadly, I have nothing yet that would work for other users. Each of our
documents is unique, meaning we do not have a smooth workflow, often
testing new methods and slowly getting better...

I have a few non-Scribus Python scripts to transmogrify certain texts
that we need to get in and out of certain tools a lot.

And I made a special colouring scheme for my preferred power editor, to
visually check typography, before(!) we put long texts into Scribus.

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Another reason is that for proper French-style typography, we need
glyphs "espace fine insécable" U+202F and "espace insecable" U+00A0 but
we have got only very few fonts which carry the alphabet for our African
language (Anii) and not all of them carry U+202F, so with our
publications we often have to hack it...

Also, I observe that many people do not strictly follow the model of the
"imprimerie nationale" (the French one) as those spaces are still rather
huge and for many typefaces look ugly.

So for our language we want to follow the French model, but have not
made a script yet. We apply the spaces (even borrow from comparable
fonts) but then we hand-tweak in Scribus at least the major headings.

I would love to have more distinct "Control Characters" in Scribus, to
be able to see (when made visible) which space is what.


I need to say, that I am still very much a beginner, for scripting in
Scribus. If I ever have something that might help others, I would shout...

Martin


On 26.10.2017 19:57, JLuc wrote:
> Le 26/10/2017 à 17:04, ZASKE Martin a écrit :
>> We are using scripting not only to create frames or to move objects but
>> also to tweak typography details like special French spacing in context
>> of certain punctuation. And our African language needs those too...
> 
> Have you written a script to automate french spacing ?
> 
> JLuc
> 
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