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Scene breaks

A scene break is the space between two scenes in a chapter. The Scene breaks group in the design panel allows you to add ornaments to scene breaks.

The Scene breaks group of the design panel, with Mark, Glyph, Font, Style, Size, Space above and Space below.The Scene breaks group of the design panel, with Mark, Glyph, Font, Style, Size, Space above and Space below.
The Scene breaks group.
# Control Default Key
1 Mark Ornament scene-break-mark
2 Glyph ❧ scene-break-ornament
3 Font none scene-break-font
4 Style Normal scene-break-style
5 Size none scene-break-size
6 Space above 1 line scene-break-space-above
7 Space below 1 line scene-break-space-below

Mark takes one of two values:

  • Space leaves the space empty.
  • Ornament decorates the scene break with a symbol.

From the Glyph row, ❧, ⁂, § and ✦ can be chosen. A browser can also be selected to choose any glyph from the scene break font.

The glyph browser with the glyphs of Noto Sans Symbols 2.The glyph browser with the glyphs of Noto Sans Symbols 2.
The browser, open over an ornamental face.

Font controls the font family the glyph is set in. By default, the body font family is used.

Style sets the weight and the slope of the glyph. The options are Normal, Bold, Italic and Bold italic.

Size sets the size the glyph prints at. By default, the body font size is used.

Space above and Space below are counts of lines of text.