1.5.6 Release

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The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.6. The relase was delayed due to the current pandemic, but we finally got there. This is a major release on our way to 1.6.0, even though most changes have taken place "under the hood". Apart from a few remaining fringe issues, this release has been thoroughly tested and is considered to be stable. However, there are also a lot of new features.

Please note that while some bugfixes still may be backported to the 1.4.x branch, we do not plan an official relase of this version anymore. If you think you need the changes, you have to check out the SVN repository and build 1.4.9svn from source.

Most important changes

User Interface

  • One of the most important changes compared to earlier versions is the introduction of a context-sensitive Content Palette. If set to visible, it will adjust to the kind of item (text frame, image frame, table, group) you have selected.
  • Ctrl/Cmd+Click enables selecting items below guides.
  • A new PDF-based output preview is now available.
  • Support for dark UI themes has been improved.
  • Icon set can now be changed without needing to restart application
  • It's now possible to "cycle" through the items in a group by pressing Alt+Ctrl/Cmd+Click

Import/Export

  • Support for PDF 1.6 export, including embedded OpenType fonts.
  • A Markdown import filter has been added.
  • Improvements to the IDML, PDF, XTG and KRA importers.

Text and Typography

  • Launching Scribus via the Command Line on any OS will now reveal more font-related problems; based on fontconfig 3.14.

Colors

  • Default black and white colors can now alternatively be defined in RGB and LAB.

Printing

  • With the exception of the Windows platform, Scribus can now use a PDF-based and newly written printing engine. PostScript is still available, but will be removed over time.

Technical/OS-related Updates

  • macOS: Scribus 1.5.6 is certified to be installed and run on current versions of macOS. If you want to use Scribus on a computer with the latest version of macOS, 1.5.6 is the required version. For those that use the Scripter functionality, our default DMG download of Scribus on macOS uses Python 2.x installed with the operating system. We have an experimental release that allows the use of Python3 if the user has XCode installed.

Scripter

  • On platforms other than macOS, Scribus now uses Python 3 by default. As a consequence, existing scripts will likely need to be modified so that they run in Scribus 1.5.6.
  • Many new commands have been added to the Scripter; others have been renamed to be more intuitive. For more information, please have a look at the Scripter documentation, which has also been updated to reflect the changes.

The complete changelog is available here: https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=110

Primary Download Locations

Download Verification

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Source scribus-1.5.6.tar.xz 577906eeaf885c6e29397d0c28fcff038e18f215141275048dbed527dcaf47e2 720314cf0e9284aea6f5963e58d4eceb9a890407
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OS X 10.14 or higher, Intel x64 scribus-1.5.6.dmg 8e34d7be9a078cc7a9a23d3c4940807d42ba6a22c3ac2b172c4ece025afa1d8c 6b21f9f123e82cea98aefedc92a8f5de3a976c9f
*Experimental* OS X 10.15 or higher, Intel x64, XCode required for Python3 scribus-1.5.6-CatalinaPy3.dmg ad182cb2bd205d0b9490c8129a835d1314546518bd194af88a951aa1292285a7 ac79143d3c25d18ff12af6efe1cee486ceb2e1fc
Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.5.6-windows.exe ce51a6b9cc48cf103f04833cffdd6db509c5d96a459481636dfd9c24daaf4cf4 e7398e273d9784dbf0cd10c2cb616db0bab0bbcc
Windows 64 Bit scribus-1.5.6-windows-x64.exe 4c5195973de56a79426a88c1801f68328f2cf915c8695ff6f3cbf72fc213c6cf c4ed881dc45b6f61ae132840136fccdc90fc4c29
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Windows PortableApps.com Format ScribusPortable_1.5.6.paf.exe

Credits

The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.

We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie for sponsoring.

The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA), Software Consulting Services (USA), freieFarbe e.V. (Germany), bauwerk Kommunikationsdesign (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.

Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.

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