[UbuntuWomen] ? layout tool (text/image)

[Amy Hussey]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:42 AM, <koltzenburg at w4w.net> wrote:

>  Dear sisters,
>
> my name is Claudia, I have been on this list for some months now and I am
> enjoying reading what comes along. Actually, joining this list was
> recommended by a local ubuntu group colleague Cara, thanks, Cara :-)
>
> query: we would like to be able to use a freeware tool for layouting a
> scientific journal
> (I just checked on sourceforge but did not get very far for lack of time
> and technical knowledge. So I though I'd better ask here. So far, we are
> looking for a solution other than from the LaTeX world - so far, I say ;-)
>
> with this tool we should be able to:
> - layout text and images in two columns
> - use different kinds of fonts in the same page
> - tracking (give letters in a line more or less space)
> - variable row pitch
> - covert to pdf for high resolution printing
>
> we do not need multilayer layout, one layer is fine.
>
> do you know of any tool that provides this yet?
> may you can even recommend one?
>
> should be great, thanks :-)
> Claudia
> koltzenburg at w4w.net
>
> --
> Ubuntu-Women mailing list
> Ubuntu-Women at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women
>
>
Have you tried Scribus?  http://www.scribus.net/

I think it will do what you want.  It's in the repos under "scribus".

Amy

-- 
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati.  (When all else fails, play dead.)  ~~Possum
Lodge Motto

Do you do Ubuntu? I do. Email me for more info.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/attachments/20091001/1b8ed001/attachment.html>