1.5.7 Release

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The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.7. The relase was delayed due to the current pandemic, but we finally got there. This is a major release on our way to 1.6.0, even though most changes have taken place "under the hood". Apart from a few remaining issues, this release has been thoroughly tested and is considered to be stable. However, there are also some new features.

Please note that while some bugfixes still may be backported to the 1.4.x branch, we do not plan an official relase of this version anymore. If you think you need the changes, you have to check out the SVN repository and build 1.4.9svn from source.

Most important changes

File Import

  • As of version 1.5.7, Scribus can import text from PDF files. It should be noted, though, that this new feature ought to be used with caution, because it's likely to destroy existing layouts.

User Interface

  • Thanks to the tireless work of Gyuris Gellért most dialogs have been polished.

Updated dependencies

  • As of version 1.5.7, the minimum Qt version to compile Scribus is 5.14.


The complete changelog is available here: https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=112

Primary Download Locations

Download Verification

Description File Name Sha256sum Sha1sum
Source scribus-1.5.7.tar.xz
Source scribus-1.5.7z
OS X 10.14 or higher, Intel x64 scribus-1.5.7.dmg
*Experimental* OS X 10.15 or higher, Intel x64, XCode required for Python3 scribus-1.5.7-CatalinaPy3.dmg
Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.5.7-windows.exe
Windows 64 Bit scribus-1.5.7-windows-x64.exe
Linux 64 bit AppImage [1] scribus-1.5.7-linux-x86_64.AppImage
Windows PortableApps.com Format ScribusPortable_1.5.7.paf.exe

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 for sponsoring.

The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA), Software Consulting Services (USA), freieFarbe e.V. (Germany), bauwerk Kommunikationsdesign (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content 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.