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LinuxDevCenter: Scribus: Open Source Desktop Publishing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2004

“Sometimes putting words to paper requires more than just a word
processor. For designing and publishing newsletters, magazines,
catalogs, and other printed pages that feature fonts (and graphics,
photographs, or other images), a page layout application works
best. Scribus is such a solution for Linux. While there are other
desktop publishing (DTP) applications for Linux, based mostly on
TeX and LaTex, Scribus sports a friendlier user interface and more
features. In fact, it has evolved into a worthy competitor to the
print industry’s premier layout programs for the PC and Mac:
PageMaker and QuarkXPress. Its development has also helped to
advance the use of font typefaces and color management on
Linux…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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