
The Barcode plug-in has been updated and offers new features. Existing import filters have been upgraded to support the LAB color model (where applicable). Scribus is the first DTP software that supports this demanding standard.

CxF3 files cannot only store palettes in different color models (e.g., RGB, CMYK, LAB) and output intents, but also allow for storing spectral colors, which enables even greater colour precision. Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux, BSD UNIX. Scribus can now handle color palettes in the new ISO standard CxF3 (See: ).
Scribus 1.6 64 Bit#
Most important changes: Color precision for fill colors has been expanded to 64 bit floating point. Scribus 1.5.4 is in many ways a new milestone on our way to the next officially stable release 1.6.0. The complete changelog for 1.4.7 is available here. All future development efforts will go into the upcoming new stable version 1.6.x. Scribus 1.4.7 is almost exclusively a bugfixing and update release and will be the last iteration of the Scribus 1.4.x line. The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.7 and 1.5.4. While it remained at the heart of his commitments to Open Source in general and Libre Graphics software in particular, Peter contributed to Free Software in many other … Scribus was the project he helped to set on track and which marked the beginning of his journey into the world of Free Software development. Until recently, and despite his detoriating health, Peter continued to be involved in building and releasing new Scribus versions. Peter also wrote the first version of the Scribus online documentation, which resulted in his nickname “mrdocs” in IRC and elsewhere.

Scribus 1.6 pdf#
It was Peter who spotted the potential of Franz Schmid’s initially humble Python program and, as a pre-press consultant at the time, contacted Franz to make him aware of the necessities of PostScript and PDF support, among other things. It is no understatement to say that without Peter Scribus wouldn’t be what it is today.

The Scribus Team is deeply saddened to announce the loss of our friend and colleague Peter Linnell who in the end lost his long battle against cancer.
