Linux for Designers

The Dev team released the 2nd RC of the desktop publishing software Scribus 1.3.5. All details about the changes over RC 1 can be found at the release post. Scribus now requires the QT 4.4.0 libraries or higher.
If you are using Ubuntu Linux you can easily install it by adding the additional sources lists.

Looking for a cool nice fonts? Try that:

• Open Font Library
  
• Fonts @ the Smashing Magazin
  
• Dafont
  
• I love Typography
  
• Typophile
  

I discovered this funny video on Planet Gnome. If you are a font fanboy this is a "Must have seen" http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

The stable branch of Scribus is updated to 1.3.3.12.
This version shipped with:
* Several fixes and improvements to text frames and the Story Editor.
* Some additional scripts have been added to enhance functionality.
* More translation and documentation updates.
* Several fixes to protect against possible crashes.
* Improvements to the Scripter to enable more features.

The development of Fontmatrix, a cool Qt based font manager, goes straight on. Now beta 0.4.2 is available with a lot of new features und fixes.
If you are using Ubuntu Linux you can get a Deb archive at GetDeb.

Scribus is a fine open source application for print and dtp. I'm using 1.3.4 often but it has its bug and so i'm waiting for an update. I was a little bit confused about the newer 1.3.3.x releases because 1.3.4 sounds like a successor of 1.3.3. Now i found a little preview of Scribus 1.3.5 which will hopefully hit the streets soon.
If you using Ubuntu, you can get this SVN build easy:
Getting Scribus on Ubuntu/Kubuntu up and running

With some hofixes of the textframe the 1.3.3.11 version of Scribus is released.
Scribus works together with LProf for color prfiling and Fontmatrix for font management.
At the first look the GUI of all looks a little bit ugly because they all are QT-based application. If you like to have a native Ubuntu look of them try out my QT-Ubuntu theme.
Read my earlier post about a unique Ubuntu look with different toolkits.

DTP on Linux = Scribus. The 1.3.3.10 version is a maintenance release of the stable brunch:

* Several fixes and improvements to text frames and the Story Editor.
* New Arabic Translation.
* More translation and documentation updates.
* Many improvements to PDF Forms exporting and non-Latin script handling in PDFs.
* Several fixes to protect against possible crashes.
* Improved Color Managed Display in some cases.
* Some fixes to the Scripting plugin.

Scribus works together with LProf for color prfiling and Fontmatrix for font management.
At the first look the GUI of all looks a little bit ugly because they all are QT-based application. If you like to have a native Ubuntu look of them try out my QT-Ubuntu theme.
Read my earlier post about a unique Ubuntu look with different toolkits.

The next big release of the open source dtp software Scribus arrived:

• a rewritten preview mode
  
• major additions to TIFF/PSD support
  
• new styles and text capabilities
  
• new text layout engine
  
• new pre-press capabilities
  
• color management enhancements
  
• a ewritten and more capable Scrapbook
  
• new transparency features
  

...and it gets tangofied now

DTP on Linux means Scribus. A 1.3.3.8 version of it is released . Mainly bugfixes. The 1.3.3.9 version is on the run.
I talked to the developers about the tangofied version and they told me all that including real new stuff will come along with th 1.4 brunch so stay tuned