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Call for submissions: Libre Graphics magazine 2.4

Issue 2.4: Capture Data capture sounds like a thoroughly dispassionate topic. We collect information from peripherals attached to computers, turning keystrokes into characters, turning clicks into actions, collecting video, audio and images of varying quality and fidelity. Capture in this … Continue reading

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Announcing issue 2.3 of Libre Graphics magazine

We’re very pleased to announce the long-awaited release of Libre Graphics magazine issue 2.3. This issue is guest-edited by Manuel Schmalstieg and addresses a theme we’ve been wanting to tackle for some time: type design. From specimen design to international … Continue reading

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Slides from “Dear designer, have these cool tools”

At Libre Graphics Meeting this year, the Libre Graphics magazine team gave two talks. Below, the deck from our second talk, titled “Dear designer, have these cool tools” made with scri.ch.

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Reading suggestions from the “Beyond the women in tech talk” panel at LibrePlanet 2014

Below, we present to you a set of reading suggestions created collaboratively (in real time, on an etherpad) during the “Beyond the women in tech talk” panel held at LibrePlanet 2014. This list is the work of a number of … Continue reading

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Web-based IRC, if you’re at #lgm 2014

If you’re at LGM 2014 in Leipzig this week and having trouble accessing the #lgm IRC through the usual *ahem* channels, try this web-based client.

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Open standards allow the unexpected

One of the best things about open standards is their ability to surprise. A proprietary standard is designed with one purpose in mind. And, because only authorized parties have access to the standard’s specification, those designed purposes are generally where … Continue reading

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Working together, developing open standards

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG for short) is an XML-based format for vector graphics, as the name might imply. It’s an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, which you may know of already by its short form: the … Continue reading

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Celebrating Document Freedom Day, celebrating our favourite open standard

This Wednesday, it’s Document Freedom Day, a worldwide day for recognizing and celebrating open standards. Open standards, put simply, are standards, file formats and codecs that are usable and implementable by everyone and anyone. In our work on Libre Graphics … Continue reading

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Libre Graphics magazine at Libre Graphics Meeting

At the start of April, the 9th annual Libre Graphics meeting will take place in Leipzig, Germany. The program of talks and events is up now, and it looks fantastic. Here’s what we’ll be talking about: Beating the drums: Why … Continue reading

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Libre Graphics magazine on Hacker Public Radio

While we were at FOSDEM, we had a chat with Hacker Public Radio. Listen to the interview here: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1447

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