On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 06:33:48PM +0200, alex_g wrote:

Hi there, hope somebody can help me. Am making a brochure, use the pre-set A5 print size. All great, but when converting the XCF file to PDF the fonts are not represented correct and are drastically reduced in size.

I tried the flattening option, but that takes a lot of resolution/sharpness out of the file and makes it less fit for printing... Can anybody help??

Thanks!

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First of all, don't use the GIMP for creating a brochure. Use a page layout application. Scribus will do just nicely.

The proper tool for the job will make your life much easier. Just use GIMP for images NOT layout.

Cheers,
Stephen, Toronto
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On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:57 AM, alex_g wrote:

Thanks for the tip will try it out. Scribus is a sort of Illustrator?

Scribus is desktop publishing - more like InDesign than Illy.

Chris

On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 01:57:19PM +0200, alex_g wrote:

Thanks for the tip will try it out. Scribus is a sort of Illustrator?

Thanks again and best regards Alex

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First of all, don't use the GIMP for creating a brochure. Use a page layout application. Scribus will do just nicely.

The proper tool for the job will make your life much easier. Just use GIMP for images NOT layout.

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No, Scribus is more like PageMaker, an earlier Adobe Page Layout Application before they introduced us to InDesign.

The open source eqivalent to Illustrator is Inkspot.

Anyway like anything; you gotta use the right tool, if one wants good results. ;)

Cheers,
Stephen, Toronto
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On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Stephen Allen wrote:

The open source eqivalent to Illustrator is Inkspot.

I think you mean 'Inkscape' here, no?

Chris