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[John Haltiwanger]

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?

Graphics doesn't include type.. And artists includes everyone.. So where do
we find the best fit?

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:

> On Monday 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:
> > "artists" seems to me overbroad. Our tools are very much "design" tools.
>
> Erm, no. Apps like Krita and Mypaint are not design tools.
>
> > Perhaps it is not the best fit, but it is better than "graphics," (due to
> > including typesetting/typography) while Libre Artists Foundation sounds
> to
> > me more like a foundation to support the artists themselves rather than
> > also supporting the tools (not saying that the foundation is not meant to
> > support the community, just that the name should not point to one side
> > over the other imo).
> >
>
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