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==Tools== | ==Tools== | ||
Below is a listing of | Below is a listing of free software layout tools. | ||
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===Canvas based (GUI)=== | ===Canvas based (GUI)=== | ||
* [[Scribus]] https://www.scribus.net/ | * [[Scribus]] https://www.scribus.net/ | ||
* [[Inkscape]] http://inkscape.org/ | |||
* Laidout https://laidout.org/ | * Laidout https://laidout.org/ | ||
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* wkhtmltopdf https://wkhtmltopdf.org/ | * wkhtmltopdf https://wkhtmltopdf.org/ | ||
* OSPKit (CSS Regions legacy support!) http://osp.kitchen/tools/ospkit/ | * OSPKit (CSS Regions legacy support!) http://osp.kitchen/tools/ospkit/ | ||
* genzine https://github.com/munusshih/p5.genzine by [https://munusshih.com/ Munus Shih] | * genzine https://github.com/munusshih/p5.genzine by [https://munusshih.com/ Munus Shih] and Iley Cao | ||
===Python based=== | ===Python based=== | ||
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* [[ReportLab]] https://www.reportlab.com/ | * [[ReportLab]] https://www.reportlab.com/ | ||
* [[Flat]] http://xxyxyz.org/flat/ | * [[Flat]] http://xxyxyz.org/flat/ | ||
* PyX https://pyx-project.org/ (outputs to PostScript, PDF and SVG) | |||
===TeX based=== | ===TeX based=== | ||
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* texinfo https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Short-Sample-Texinfo-File.html | * texinfo https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Short-Sample-Texinfo-File.html | ||
* tectonic https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/ | * tectonic https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/ | ||
* lyx https://www.lyx.org/ | |||
===XML based=== | ===XML based=== | ||
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* typst https://typst.app/ (custom markdown syntax) | * typst https://typst.app/ (custom markdown syntax) | ||
* SATySFi https://github.com/gfngfn/SATySFi (LaTeX-like + OCaml-like) | * SATySFi https://github.com/gfngfn/SATySFi (LaTeX-like + OCaml-like) | ||
* Patoline https://patoline.github.io/ (wiki/LaTeX/Ocaml-like) | * Patoline https://patoline.github.io/ (wiki/LaTeX/Ocaml-like)</onlyinclude> | ||
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==Readings== | |||
* [https://freeze.sh/_/2008/awkward/ Awkward Gestures], Femke Snelting, 2008 | |||
* [https://www.cnap.fr/sites/default/files/GEF-global-PDF-EN_compressed.pdf CREATION, TOOLS, RESEARCH GRAPHISME EN FRANCE], 2022 + [https://www.cnap.fr/sites/default/files/n%C2%B028%20-%20Graphisme%20en%20France%20-%20Cr%C3%A9ation%2C%20outils%2C%20recherche%2C%202022_compressed.pdf French version] | |||
* [https://phd.julie-blanc.fr/ Composer avec les technologies du web] (PhD thesis), Julie Blanc, 2023 | |||
* [https://designing-design-tools.nolwennmaudet.com Designing Design Tools] (PhD thesis), Nolwenn Maudet, 2017 | |||
* [https://application.phdarts.eu/Dissertations/Joost-Grootens-BLIND-MAPS-AND-BLUE-DOTS BLIND MAPS AND BLUE DOTS] (PhD thesis), Joost Grootens, 2020 | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[PDF]] | * [[PDF]] | ||
* [[:Category:PagedMedia]] | * [[:Category:PagedMedia]] | ||
* [[:Category:FLOSS design]] | |||
* [[Web-to-print]] | * [[Web-to-print]] | ||
* https://polytype.dev/ (a rosetta's stone for typesetting tools, quick demo's of many different typesetting tools) | * https://polytype.dev/ (a rosetta's stone for typesetting tools, quick demo's of many different typesetting tools) | ||
[[Category:PagedMedia]] | [[Category:PagedMedia]] | ||
[[Category:FLOSS design]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:40, 30 April 2024
Tools
Below is a listing of free software layout tools.
Canvas based (GUI)
Web based (web-to-print)
- your browser (based on CSS Paged Media): use CTRL+P/CMD+P
- Weasyprint https://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/
- Paged.js https://www.pagedjs.org/
- wkhtmltopdf https://wkhtmltopdf.org/
- OSPKit (CSS Regions legacy support!) http://osp.kitchen/tools/ospkit/
- genzine https://github.com/munusshih/p5.genzine by Munus Shih and Iley Cao
Python based
- rinohtype http://www.mos6581.org/rinohtype/master/
- ReportLab https://www.reportlab.com/
- Flat http://xxyxyz.org/flat/
- PyX https://pyx-project.org/ (outputs to PostScript, PDF and SVG)
TeX based
- TeX https://tug.org/ + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX
- LaTeX https://www.latex-project.org/
- ConTeXt https://wiki.contextgarden.net/
- texinfo https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Short-Sample-Texinfo-File.html
- tectonic https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/
- lyx https://www.lyx.org/
XML based
- speedata https://showcase.speedata.de/en/
Misc
- groff https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
- SILE https://sile-typesetter.org/ (LaTeX-like)
- typst https://typst.app/ (custom markdown syntax)
- SATySFi https://github.com/gfngfn/SATySFi (LaTeX-like + OCaml-like)
- Patoline https://patoline.github.io/ (wiki/LaTeX/Ocaml-like)
Readings
- Awkward Gestures, Femke Snelting, 2008
- CREATION, TOOLS, RESEARCH GRAPHISME EN FRANCE, 2022 + French version
- Composer avec les technologies du web (PhD thesis), Julie Blanc, 2023
- Designing Design Tools (PhD thesis), Nolwenn Maudet, 2017
- BLIND MAPS AND BLUE DOTS (PhD thesis), Joost Grootens, 2020
See also
- Category:PagedMedia
- Category:FLOSS design
- Web-to-print
- https://polytype.dev/ (a rosetta's stone for typesetting tools, quick demo's of many different typesetting tools)