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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><div>> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:49:27 -0400<br>> From: gpittman@iglou.com<br>> To: scribus@lists.scribus.net<br>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Two fonts, one line of text, in story editor.<br>> <br>> On 06/20/2015 12:38 PM, John Culleton wrote:<br>> > I need to create a line of text in two different<br>> > fonts, part of it in regular text and part of it<br>> > in italics. The story Editor is very stubborn<br>> > about this. After I key the part in Adobe<br>> > Garamond italics when I change the font type to<br>> > Adobe Garamond Regular and type some more it<br>> > still uses the previous font.<br>> > <br>> > Also it wants to put everything in 12 point type<br>> > even if I change to 9 points.<br>> > <br>> > I could use styles but how do I change styles in<br>> > the middle of a line?<br>> > <br>> > and key<br>> > some more it I keeps reverting the <br>> > <br>> <br>> Some say "don't use Story Editor at all".<br>> I think Story Editor can be useful at times.<br>> Here are some pointers:<br>> <br>> 1. Use Character styles when you want some part of a paragraph to be in<br>> some alternative font. Set your paragraph style, then highlight some<br>> text in the middle and either apply features or a character style.<br>> <br>> 2. You can update the frame and still have Story Editor open. Use Ctrl+U<br>> for the keyboard shortcut. Ctrl+W will update and exit Story Editor.<br>> <br>> 3. You might apply your Paragraph Style in Story Editor, then go to Edit<br>> Contents mode in the main window to apply changes, again by highlighting<br>> text first.<br>> <br>> I have never seen an inability to change font size. If you simply have<br>> the cursor on some line and change a font parameter, nothing happens<br>> unless you type more text. For existing text, you have to highlight it<br>> to change some feature. Keep in mind that some features are controlled<br>> by the paragraph style, for example line spacing. Line spacing is not a<br>> feature of a character style.<br>> <br>> Greg<br><br></div><div>I've noticed that also. Would it be possible to add an option to the story editor to show formatting codes in-line with the text?</div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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