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|Short description=Page layout program | |Short description=Page layout program | ||
|Full description='Scribus' is a page layout program that can lay out newsletters and create corporate stationery, small posters and other documents which need flexible layout and/or the ability to output to professional quality imagesetting equipment. You can do tasks like placing and rotating text and/or images on a page, specify manual kerning of type, embed fonts in PDFs, and much more. Scribus supports CMYK color, easy PDF creation, Encapsulated Postscript import/export and creation of color separationsand the EPS, JPEG, PNG, and XPM graphic formats. Printing is done via its own internal Postscript driver, which fully supports Level 2 Postscript constructs and a limited subset of Level 3. The driver that ships with Scribus can embed fonts for printing and you can use and output high resolution EPS files. The file format is based on XML, a super set of HTML. Unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents, may be partially recovered with a simple text editor. When run from the KDE 2.x, Drag and Drop is enabled. The most recent version supports both True Type and Type1 Postscript fonts. | |Full description='Scribus' is a page layout program that can lay out newsletters and create corporate stationery, small posters and other documents which need flexible layout and/or the ability to output to professional quality imagesetting equipment. You can do tasks like placing and rotating text and/or images on a page, specify manual kerning of type, embed fonts in PDFs, and much more. Scribus supports CMYK color, easy PDF creation, Encapsulated Postscript import/export and creation of color separationsand the EPS, JPEG, PNG, and XPM graphic formats. Printing is done via its own internal Postscript driver, which fully supports Level 2 Postscript constructs and a limited subset of Level 3. The driver that ships with Scribus can embed fonts for printing and you can use and output high resolution EPS files. The file format is based on XML, a super set of HTML. Unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents, may be partially recovered with a simple text editor. When run from the KDE 2.x, Drag and Drop is enabled. The most recent version supports both True Type and Type1 Postscript fonts. | ||
| + | |Homepage URL=http://www.scribus.net/ | ||
| + | |Is GNU=No | ||
|User level=none | |User level=none | ||
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|Computer languages=C++ | |Computer languages=C++ | ||
|Documentation note=German user manual available in HTML format from http://www.thomas-zastrow.de/scribus; English user tutorial available in HTML format from http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/docs/index.html; German user tutorial available in HTML format from http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/docs/indexde.html | |Documentation note=German user manual available in HTML format from http://www.thomas-zastrow.de/scribus; English user tutorial available in HTML format from http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/docs/index.html; German user tutorial available in HTML format from http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/docs/indexde.html | ||
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|Related projects=gpub,LaTeX | |Related projects=gpub,LaTeX | ||
|Keywords=JPEG,XML,graphics,font,pdf,PostScript,XPM,document,scribus,page layout,newsletter,poster,Quark Xpress,Adobe PageMaker,Adobe InDesign,True Type,Type1,CMYK,EPS,PNG | |Keywords=JPEG,XML,graphics,font,pdf,PostScript,XPM,document,scribus,page layout,newsletter,poster,Quark Xpress,Adobe PageMaker,Adobe InDesign,True Type,Type1,CMYK,EPS,PNG | ||
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| + | |Version download=http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download | ||
|Last review by=Janet Casey | |Last review by=Janet Casey | ||
|Last review date=2007-12-31 | |Last review date=2007-12-31 | ||
|Submitted by=Database conversion | |Submitted by=Database conversion | ||
|Submitted date=2011-04-01 | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
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|License verified date=2002-06-25 | |License verified date=2002-06-25 | ||
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| + | |License=GPLv2orlater | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
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{{Person | {{Person | ||
| + | |Real name=Franz Schmidt | ||
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|Email=Franz.Schmid@altmuehlnet.de | |Email=Franz.Schmid@altmuehlnet.de | ||
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| + | |Real name=Alastair Robinson | ||
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|Email=blackfive@fakenhamweb.co.uk | |Email=blackfive@fakenhamweb.co.uk | ||
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|Email=mr-ct@gmx.de | |Email=mr-ct@gmx.de | ||
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| + | |Real name=Michel Briand | ||
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|Email=michelbriand@free.fr | |Email=michelbriand@free.fr | ||
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| + | |Real name=Peter Linnell | ||
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|Email=netscribe@mediaone.net | |Email=netscribe@mediaone.net | ||
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| + | |Real name=Thomas Zastrow | ||
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|Prerequisite description=LittleCMS library 1.0.8 (for color management) | |Prerequisite description=LittleCMS library 1.0.8 (for color management) | ||
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Revision as of 12:21, 19 March 2012
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Scribus
https://www.scribus.net/
Professional page layout program
Scribus is a program that brings professional page layout with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design.
Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.
Licensing
License
Verified by
Verified on
Notes
Leaders and contributors
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Download | https://www.scribus.net/downloads/ | |
| Mirror of official Scribus SVN | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus | |
| SVN | svn://scribus.net/trunk/Scribus | |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/scribus | |
| VCS Repository Webview | http://scribus.net/websvn | |
| Bug Tracking | https://bugs.scribus.net/ | |
| Mailing List Info/Archive | https://lists.scribus.net/listinfo | |
| Forum | https://forums.scribus.net/ | |
| Wiki | https://wiki.scribus.net/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to build | gcc |
| Required to build | Littlecms |
| Required to build | GNU Make |
| Required to build | libjpeg |
| Required to build | Python |
| Required to build | libtiff |
| Required to build | Ghostscript |
| Required to build | qt |
| Required to build | libxml2 |
| Required to build | cairo |
| Required to build | Freetype2 |
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the page “GNU Free Documentation License”.
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