I guess I have an overbroad idea of what "design" means then... sorry for that. Is the Gimp a design tool? Is Inkscape? If not, then what is an example of a design tool?<br><br>Graphics doesn't include type.. And artists includes everyone.. So where do we find the best fit?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boud@valdyas.org">boud@valdyas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Monday 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:<br>
> "artists" seems to me overbroad. Our tools are very much "design" tools.<br>
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</div>Erm, no. Apps like Krita and Mypaint are not design tools.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Perhaps it is not the best fit, but it is better than "graphics," (due to<br>
> including typesetting/typography) while Libre Artists Foundation sounds to<br>
> me more like a foundation to support the artists themselves rather than<br>
> also supporting the tools (not saying that the foundation is not meant to<br>
> support the community, just that the name should not point to one side<br>
> over the other imo).<br>
><br>
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