Group: Manchester/2008-09-16
From LibrePlanet
(→Who’s Coming?) |
m (moved Manchester/2008-09-16 to Group:Manchester/2008-09-16: Move to group namespace) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Dave Crossland discusses fonts and free software in his talk: 'Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)' | Dave Crossland discusses fonts and free software in his talk: 'Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)' | ||
| + | |||
| + | Links, by Dave Crossland, from the slides (with corrections): | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spiro+inkscape Spiro Inkscape search on youtube] | ||
| + | ** Specifically this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OaLZuFZxdk Inkscape + Spiro video on youtube] | ||
| + | * [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape], a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) editor. | ||
| + | * [http://fontforge.sf.net/ Fontforge], an outline font editor. | ||
| + | * [http://levien.com/spiro/ Spiro], a toolkit for curve design, especially font design, created by Raph Levien. | ||
| + | * [http://www.openfontlibrary.org/ Open Font Library], a library for free software fonts. | ||
| + | * [http://www.tinkerhouse.net/shoebot/ Shoebot], a pure Python graphics robot. | ||
| + | * [http://www.tinkerhouse.net/lettersoup/ Lettersoup], an effort to come up with an alternative model for type design. | ||
| + | * [http://www.pledgebank.com/ PledgeBank], a site to help people get things done, especially things that require several people. | ||
| + | * [http://www.tug.org/donate.html TeX Users Group (TUG) - donating]. "The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 to provide an organization for people who are interested in typography and font design, and/or are users of the TeX typesetting system invented by [http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ Donald Knuth]." | ||
| + | |||
| + | Some other 'Free as in profit' related links posted to [http://www.crynwr.com/fsb/ Free Software Business mailing list]: | ||
| + | * [http://www.manageability.org/blog/archive/20030611%23101_ways_to_make_money1 101 Ways to Make Money off Open Source]. Some ideas for making money, though many of them are not freedom loving. Posted by [http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?msp:11943 David Kaufman]. | ||
| + | * [http://www.robmyers.org/wiki/index.php/How_To_Get_Paid_For_Copyleft_Art How To Get Paid For Copyleft Art]. Some/all can be translated to software. Posted by [http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?mss:11943 Dave Crossland]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
* '''Location:''' [http://www.manchesterdda.com/article/12/ Manchester Digital Development Agency] | * '''Location:''' [http://www.manchesterdda.com/article/12/ Manchester Digital Development Agency] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:28, 24 September 2010
Dave Crossland discusses fonts and free software in his talk: 'Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)'
Links, by Dave Crossland, from the slides (with corrections):
-
Spiro Inkscape search on youtube
- Specifically this Inkscape + Spiro video on youtube
- Inkscape, a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) editor.
- Fontforge, an outline font editor.
- Spiro, a toolkit for curve design, especially font design, created by Raph Levien.
- Open Font Library, a library for free software fonts.
- Shoebot, a pure Python graphics robot.
- Lettersoup, an effort to come up with an alternative model for type design.
- PledgeBank, a site to help people get things done, especially things that require several people.
- TeX Users Group (TUG) - donating. "The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 to provide an organization for people who are interested in typography and font design, and/or are users of the TeX typesetting system invented by Donald Knuth."
Some other 'Free as in profit' related links posted to Free Software Business mailing list:
- 101 Ways to Make Money off Open Source. Some ideas for making money, though many of them are not freedom loving. Posted by David Kaufman.
- How To Get Paid For Copyleft Art. Some/all can be translated to software. Posted by Dave Crossland.
- Location: Manchester Digital Development Agency
- Start time: 19:00
- Finish time: 20:30
Lightning Talks
If you would like to do a quick talk, put your name down here.
Who’s Coming?
- Lucy
- Simon
- Tim
