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=Scribus 1.4.3 Released=
=Scribus 1.4.3 Released, Providing a Port to Haiku OS, New Professional Color Palettes and QR Barcode Support=


The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.3. Like the previous version, this is mostly a bugfixing release, but there are also some enhancements:
The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.3. Like the previous version, this is mostly a bugfixing release, but there are also some important enhancements:


* Scribus has been ported to the Haiku operating system. For more information see: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Installing_Scribus_on_Haiku
* Scribus has been ported to the Haiku operating system. For more information see: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Installing_Scribus_on_Haiku
* The Barcode Writer has been updated and supports many more barcodes now, including QR.
* The Barcode Writer has been updated and supports many more barcodes, including QR.
* Scribus now supports Pillow as an alternative to the Python Imaging Library.
* Scribus now supports Pillow as an alternative to the Python Imaging Library.
* Galaxy Gauge (TM) color palettes.
* Galaxy Gauge (TM) color palettes.
* More Open Source color palettes.
* Improvements to the build system.
* Improvements to the build system.
* Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.  
* Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.  
* The Short Words plug-in now supports Danish.
* Many Documentation updates.
* Many Documentation updates.


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For a complete list of changes see:  
For a complete list of changes see:  


The Scribus Team is especially grateful to Giovanni Mugnai for porting Scribus to Haiku, as well as to Christian Hitz for updating the Barcode Writer. We also like to thank Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA) for making the Galaxy Gauge color swatches available to Scribus users.
The Scribus Team would like to thank Giovanni Mugnai for porting Scribus to Haiku, as well as Christian Hitz for updating the Barcode Writer. We are especially grateful to Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA) for making the Galaxy Gauge color swatches available to Scribus users and joining the group of Scribus's Special Supporters.




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==Credits==
==Credits==
<p>The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.</p>
<p>We are also grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (France) and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.</p>
<p>We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (France) and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team is also pleased to have Resene  Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany) and GiveLife Color System (Spain) as Special Supporters and donors of colour palettes since the 1.4.0 release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene  Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), and Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of colour palettes 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.</p>
<p>Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.</p>
<p>Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.</p>



Revision as of 06:12, 30 March 2013


Scribus 1.4.3 Released, Providing a Port to Haiku OS, New Professional Color Palettes and QR Barcode Support

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.3. Like the previous version, this is mostly a bugfixing release, but there are also some important enhancements:

  • Scribus has been ported to the Haiku operating system. For more information see: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Installing_Scribus_on_Haiku
  • The Barcode Writer has been updated and supports many more barcodes, including QR.
  • Scribus now supports Pillow as an alternative to the Python Imaging Library.
  • Galaxy Gauge (TM) color palettes.
  • More Open Source color palettes.
  • Improvements to the build system.
  • Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.
  • The Short Words plug-in now supports Danish.
  • Many Documentation updates.

Most important bugfixes:

  • Disabled hyphenation on some Linux distributions is working again.
  • Some unit conversion issues have been fixed.

For a complete list of changes see:

The Scribus Team would like to thank Giovanni Mugnai for porting Scribus to Haiku, as well as Christian Hitz for updating the Barcode Writer. We are especially grateful to Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA) for making the Galaxy Gauge color swatches available to Scribus users and joining the group of Scribus's Special Supporters.


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Source
OS X Leopard or higher (DMG)
OS X Leopard or higher (PKG)
Windows 32/64 Bit
Windows 64 Bit
PortableApps.com Format
OS/2 / eComStation
Haiku Package

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 (France) and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.

The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), and Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of colour palettes 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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