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An announcement

Since 2010, with the help of an irreplaceable set of contributors, we’ve published eight issues of Libre Graphics magazine, spread over two volumes. Sometimes we’ve been slow, but we’ve always gotten the issue out in the end. With the release … Continue reading

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Announcing Libre Graphics magazine issue 2.4, Capture

We’re very pleased to announce the release of issue 2.4 of Libre Graphics magazine. This issue looks at Capture, the act of encompassing, emulating and encapsulating difficult things, subtle qualities. Through a set of articles we explore capture mechanisms, memory, … Continue reading

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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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Today is the Day Against DRM

We always dedicate a few pages to document useful and free-culture oriented resources in every issue of the Libre Graphics magazine. Today, we join the Day Against DRM initiative by making a short selection of some DRM-free resources we use … 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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Happy Document Freedom Day! Have some SVG tools

We dusted off the cover of issue 1.2, for which we had laboriously traced a set of illustrations taken from the Lello Universal encyclopedia, scanned and published by El Bibliomata from the Sevilla Faculty library — be sure to see … Continue reading

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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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