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Scribus, the free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.5 version few hours ago.<\/p>\n
It’s been 8 months since the last point release, and the new 1.6.5 is also a maintenance release that contains only bug-fixes and improvements.<\/p>\n
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First, the new version added negative values support for the rotation in the properties palette. For example, you may input “-30” to automatically get “330” when hitting enter or leaving the properties.<\/p>\n
For scripters, it added the document for It also updated the print dialog, which fixed the inconsistency between output filename extension and printing language, and crop marks not present in output if it’s the only option selected in the “Marks”.<\/p>\n For fonts, the Additional Font Path Setting was cleared if any other setting is modified and saved while one document is open in Scribus. And, font rendering with non-integer font sizes (e.g., 9.90pt) went different after PDF export. Now, both the issues are fixed in the new 1.6.5 release.<\/p>\n The users who prefer dark color scheme, the new release fixed the poor menu appearance, though 3rd level menus are still in-visible in my case in Ubuntu with kvantum-dark theme.<\/p>\n menus were not looking good in dark color scheme<\/p><\/div>\n Other fixes in the release include:<\/p>\n For more, see the Changelog file in source tarball (see the link below).<\/p>\n The source tarball as well as installers for Linux, Windows, and macOS are available to download in sourceforge via the link below:<\/p>\n For Linux on AMD\/Intel platform, it’s an AppImage<\/b> that can be run directly to launch the software, after adding executable permission.<\/p>\n For Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS users who prefer the classic .deb package format, I’ve uploaded the new release package into this unofficial PPA<\/a> for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 25.04 and 25.10.<\/p>\n Simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the 3 commands below one by one to add PPA, refresh cache, and install the package:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus-properties.webp\")
<\/a><\/p>\nscribus.ImageExport: transparentBckgnd<\/code>, which corresponds to the ‘No Background’ checkmark in the ‘Save as Image’ dialogue, and, the function getBoundingBox()<\/code> which was missing from HTML docs. And, it fixed that unknown\/misspelled named parameter in API call crashed Scribus instead of giving an error message.<\/p>\n\n
Install Scribus 1.6.5<\/h3>\n
\nDownload Scribus<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/scribus\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install scribus<\/pre>\n