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Scribus
Scribus 1.4.6 under Linux Mint 18
Developer(s)
The Scribus Team
Initial release
16 June 2001; 22 years ago (2001-06-16)
Stable release
1.6.1[1]
/ 7 January 2024; 3 months ago (2024-01-07)
Linux/UNIX Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 (up to 1.4.8) Mac OS X 10.9 (64-bit, up to 1.5.3), Mac OS X 10.10-10.12 (64-bit, up to 1.5.4), macOS X 10.13 (64-bit, up to 1.5.5) Windows 2000 (32-bit, up to 1.5.0), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows 7 OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation (up to 1.5.0) ArcaOS FreeBSD (up to 1.5.0), PC-BSD (up to 1.5.0), OpenBSD (up to 1.5.0), NetBSD (up to 1.5.0) Solaris (up to 1.4.8) OpenIndiana (up to 1.5.0) GNU/Hurd Haiku
Available in
Multilingual
Type
Desktop publishing
License
GNU LGPL 2.1, MIT, 3-clause BSD, Public domain
Website
www.scribus.net
Scribus (/ˈskraɪbəs/) is free and open-source desktop publishing (DTP) software available for most desktop operating systems. It is designed for layout, typesetting, and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. Scribus can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters, and books.
Scribus is written in Qt and released under the GNU General Public License. There are native versions available for Unix, Linux, BSD, macOS, Haiku, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 (including ArcaOS and eComStation) operating systems.
editing with some success, including Collabora Online, LibreOffice, and Scribus. Another option is to save the document as a separate EPS file for each...
Retrieved 26 October 2016. "Download Inkscape 1.2". "Editing - Scribus Wiki". wiki.scribus.net. Retrieved 13 December 2019. "Full control and flexibility...
photo-editing and image manipulation, Krita for digital painting, and Scribus for page layout. Since the advent of personal computers, many graphic designers...
Puppet can produce DOT resource graphs that can be viewed with Graphviz. Scribus is an Open Source DTP program that can use Graphviz to render graphs by...
"Pages on the Mac App Store". Mac App Store. June 13, 2023. "Scribus 1.6.1 Released". scribus.net. "System requirements". Affinity. Retrieved 2024-03-31...
Microsoft Office 2007 (if updated to SP2) and later, WordPerfect 9, and Scribus can export documents in PDF format. There are many PDF print drivers for...
image editing was moved to GIMP and all desktop publishing was moved to Scribus. Savings from the use of free software was over 10 million Indian Rupees...
Daniel (2011). Crafting Digital Media: Audacity, Blender, Drupal, GIMP, Scribus, and other Open Source Tools. Apress. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4302-1888-3. Sanders...
OpenDocument, Microsoft Office and Office Open XML, AbiWord, KWord, Gaim, Lyx, Scribus, PDF, WordPerfect, PostScript, RTF, TeX, DVI, DjVu, MP3 and other audio...
project ICC Profiles In X Specification "Color management with Scribus, an Introduction". Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing. Archived from the original...
also includes features similar to desktop publishing software such as Scribus and Microsoft Publisher, but the features are not on par with desktop publishing...
in word processing (e.g. with LibreOffice) and desktop publishing (e.g. Scribus), plotting graphs (e.g. gnuplot), and importing paths (e.g. for use in...
such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, QuarkXPress and Scribus may generate spot colors as additional channels. Adobe Photoshop can also...
LibreOffice (from version 4.1 on Linux only, from 5.3 on all platforms) Scribus Inkscape Adobe Photoshop (since version 23.0) Adobe InDesign (when using...
(CDR/CDT/CCX/CDRX/CMX) to other formats. UniConvertor is also used in the Inkscape and Scribus open source projects as an external tool for importing CorelDraw files...
June 2015. Desjardins, Louis (20 April 2005). "[Scribus] Response from the FSF about GPL fonts". Scribus discussion list. Retrieved 5 June 2015. Turner...
Service-level agreement SLA Industries, a role-playing game File format used by Scribus software Softwood Lumber Agreement between US and Canada This disambiguation...
vector graphics editor Krita – a free and open-source painting application Scribus – a desktop publishing application Synfig – a 2D vector graphics and timeline-based...
fonts cannot be used automatically. Official tech support recommended Scribus for desktop publishing tasks. Professional and Professional Plus. Separate...
in multiplatform applications like AbiWord, Gnumeric, Calligra Suite, Scribus, OpenOffice.org 3.2 and later versions, etc.). OpenType support for complex...