Re: [ready for proofreading] Re: [translating] [CS] Ada & Zangemann

Hi Tomas,

Tomas Stary schreef op do 13-02-2025 om 20:24 [+0100]:
> Hi Nico,
> 
> Thanks for merging the czech version.
> 
>  >  Besides the capitals, a different font is needed as Heebo
> (variant of
> Roboto font) lacks the necessary glyphs. Reading online it sees that
> default Roboto would work just fine.
> 
> Is that a problem in all language versions? I noticed that the font
> is a 
> bit different than in physical book even in German and English
> version, 
> and also that the spacing is a bit bigger.

I agree that the fonts look different among the German and English
book. In those cases a publisher was involved, having a hand in the
publishing. I would like to find out the exact differences, but haven't
gotten around to it yet. I did some analysis of different books on this
feature branch:
https://git.fsfe.org/FSFE/ada-zangemann/src/branch/feature/docbook-format/docbook#user-content-notable-differences-between-editions

At the moment the Roboto font variants are used in the templates, which
seems a reasonable choice. If no Czech variant is available feel free
to suggest another option.

> This is something to change in the templates, isn't it?
> 
> Also, as I already mentioned in one of the previous emails, I believe
> that the alignment to block would look better if it's not too
> difficult 
> to change in the templates.

In Scribus the properties of the text frames can be changed to
justify. 

This will introduce issues for the pages with text next to images,
because the templates lack frame borders and rely on hard line breaks
to make sure that there is no text on top of images. This text with
hard line breaks will still overlap the images if justified.

Also, in my limited publishing experience I was told repeatedly that
justification is mostly for the looks at the cost of reducing
readability. It can introduce formatting issues like wide spaces that
need to be resolved.

So I would advise not to justify the text, but if you want to try it
you can create a variant of the Scribus template and change the font
frame settings, or change it in the rendered Scribus template.

To be clear: I'm fine questioning the status quo, that way we can make
things better. Thanks for that.

Best,
Nico

> 
> Best,
> 
> Tomas
> 
> 
> On 10/02/2025 20:27, Nico Rikken wrote:
> > Hi Tomas,
> > 
> > Thanks! I merged it. There was a file conflict I resolved. I also
> > aligned the file content with the English version:
> > 
> > https://git.fsfe.org/FSFE/ada-zangemann/pulls/74
> > 
> > Besides the capitals, a different font is needed as Heebo (variant
> > of
> > Roboto font) lacks the necessary glyphs. Reading online it sees
> > that
> > default Roboto would work just fine.
> > 
> > Let's collaborate to tackle these issues one by one.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Nico

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