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Mirrors are nice

It’s lovely when people spontaneously do nice things. Today, Vinz Vietzke did something nice for us. He mirrored issue 1.2. Now, if you want to download 1.2 and think the link we’re providing is a little slow, you can try … Continue reading

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Issue 1.2: ready to read!

We’ve just done something you might like. We’ve released issue 1.2 of Libre Graphics magazine. You can, as usual, buy it (and see it the way it’s meant to be) or download the PDF version. It looks a little something … Continue reading

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Crocodiles!

While we’ve already filled up and composed the Best of SVG section for this issue, I just wanted to share a really fantastic warning sign which surely would have made the cut if we’d found it sooner. It’s this spectacular … Continue reading

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Sneak peek: Executing commands in the command line

Below, a little look at a sidebar running in issue 1.2, next to Pierre Marchand’s piece about his first time setting a book in Scribus. Executing commands in the command line No matter what operating system you’re using, you’ve got … Continue reading

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Best of SVG

You may have guessed already that we at Libre Graphics magazine are crazy in love with the Scalable Vector Graphics format (read more about it from Wikipedia and the W3C). Well, to that end, we’re adding in a new section, … Continue reading

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Sponsored donations

We’ve come up with a new and exciting way to get copies of Libre Graphics magazine to students on the cheap. Basically, we’re letting you, the paying public, decide which schools should be getting freeebies. We’re doing that by offering … Continue reading

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Like cheap magazines? Of course you do.

I’ve got some good news, and some bad news that’ll hopefully turn into good news. The bad news is that in the next week, we need to sell upwards of 400 copies of Libre Graphics magazine 1.1 and also get … Continue reading

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FOSDEM talk video? Yes.

Thanks to the marvels of modern videography, there’s a quite nice video up of the Libre Graphics magazine talk I gave at FOSDEM. You can download it here, and see some exciting sneak peeks at issue 1.2.

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Pro bono ad time!

It’s that time again. It’s that time when, if you’re a F/LOSS graphics project with no money and a pressing desire to get some attention, you should talk to us about getting a pro bono ad. Yes, you should. This … Continue reading

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Like press releases? Of course you do!

I figured it was high time for a more fun and detailed press release about Libre Graphics magazine. So I wrote one. Read it below and feel free to pass it on to all your favourite people, news outlets, pirate … Continue reading

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