Download Scribus 1.6.0

Version 1.6.0 of Scribus has been released. Scribus is an open source desktop publishing program. The program can be used to format and edit documents for printing, among other things, which can then be saved as a PDF or PostScript document. For more information about Scribus, please refer to the wiki. The most important changes and improvements made in this release are listed below.

Scribus 1.6.0 Released

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.0. Scribus 1.6.0 is the long awaited release in the next stable series, replacing 1.4.8 and development versions in the 1.5.x series. This version has been in development for some years and contains thousands of enhancements and fixes across all areas of the program. It has more features, is faster, and is more stable. All users of versions of 1.5.x and lower should migrate to 1.6.0. The list of changes below is a high level summary of each of the changes included since 1.4.8 was released, and in each 1.5.x development version.

Most important changes

• User interface overhaul from 1.4.x including new icons, and support for light/dark mode.
• Resource Manager for online resources such as dictionaries
• Improvements to the canvas rendering on Hi-DPI screens.
• The Barcode plug-in has been updated and offers new features such as “GS1 Digital Link URIs” for retail barcoding.
• Several new commands have been added to the scripting engine, so as to make the document creation via scripts easier and more versatile. Many new Scripter commands were added as well as updates to the Scripter documentation
• A new feature is the possibility to search for a particular function, like one can in GIMP, G'MIC or Photoshop. If possible, the new dialog also shows the menu path.
• A new PDF-based output preview is now available.
• Python scripting was migrated from python version 2 to 3
• Addition of XeLaTeX support to Render Frames
• With the new “Weld” feature, objects can be combined and moved without being “grouped”, ie, each object remains fully editable.
• Scribus offers a “Symbol” or clone feature similar to Adobe Illustrator: If one master object (Symbol) has been modified, all of its copies (clones) are modified as well.