I can't be a missionary! I don't even believe in Scribus!

[smarriveurr]

Wow. I had totally forgotten the fun things you could do with actual DTP software - and how much easier it is to do them. Scribus has some learning curve to it, but I'm already seeing ways to do more or less what I envisioned but couldn't accomplish in OpenOffice.Org Writer or Impress. Things line up! I can set up regular horizontal guides matching

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[smarriveurr]

Well, "fonts" in the sense of "Georgia Bold 36pt" vs "Georgia Regular 12pt/15".

[smarriveurr]

Oh, no. I'm not messing around with mixed fonts - I don't have the sense to match them well. At most, I'd consider setting my name in something different from the rest of the text, and even that, not so much.

Mainly, I like that I can set guides at, e.g., every 15 points, set up my columns with gutters, and nudge everything to line up on that grid arrangement, rather than trying to play with tables and padding in the word processor.

[firynze]

Out of curiousity, can this thing do automatic quarto/octavo layouts? I would KILL for a program that I could set to do octavos for bookbinding.

[smarriveurr]

Near as I can tell, I'm afraid not. Handles horizontal 3-fold and 4-fold, but stops there. Searching for terms just brings up entries on the program in certain romance languages. ;)

[firynze]

Curses!

I really, REALLY want to find a program that will do an octavo layout for me. Figuring out what text goes on what quarter of what page in what orientation in order to print out a single sheet that I can fold in quarters and bind hurts my brain.

[smarriveurr]

I understand - I had to lay out our Trenton Book of Cookery at work in quarto, with woefully inadequate tools, and I kept screwing up what oriented which way and what page was "next". I don't even know how octavo works, to be honest.