designers February 2017

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Converting XKCD Bitmap into SVG
by Jann Eike KRUSE 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Hi Designers! I just subscribed to this list, because I'm an FSFE fellow and fairly interested and passably skilled in 2D and 3D designing. While browsing through the archives in order to get a feeling for the activities of this group, I stumbled over the problem that Matthias had with the low-resolution PNG from xkcd and it stroke my interest. [I can't reply directly to that message, because I found the mail in the archive.] I know that this thread is old, but maybe some of you find this interesting still. I wouldn't believe that Inkscape can't trace that bitmap with appropriate accuracy. I realized that it would indeed not work out-of-the box, but it can be done with a trick. [see recipe below] The result is very close to the original, I'd say. Only without pixels. ;) ...attached to this email and here https://owncloud.commonslab.gr/index.php/s/uqpuwXm6wmqqL6m Other than that, I just want to say "Hello!" and that I'm happy to help designing logos, shirts, flyers, stickers or whatever I can, based on my moderate abilities and limited free time. Best greetings, Jann PS: The recipe... For all free software designers here who might run into a similar problem, here's a possible solution: * Scale the image up first (e.g. with GIMP) by an appropriate factor (here 5x-10x works fine) with Sinc (Lancos3) interpolation. * Then run the Inkscape trace-bitmap with a fairly low threshold. * Add some boldness as needed by adjusting the line-width of the path. (You might want to chose rounded joins from the 'Stroke style' tab.) Eventually I "flattened" the image into a path *without* stroke. (They are easier to import into other programs, e.g. blender.org): * Duplicate the path. * Do "Stroke to path" with one of the copies * Make a "Union" of the two copies: (1) the stroke-to-path and (2) the original. * Remove the "stroke" of the path and leave only the "fill". This will result in a single flat path. (With the blackness/boldness you chose previously when adjusting the stroke thickness.)

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Happy I ♥ Free Software Day!
by Heiki Lõhmus 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Dear all, Since it has been the I ♥ Free Software Day for 30 minutes already in our office, I thought it appropriate to wish you all a happy I♥FSD. I am hugely proud of the work each and every one of you has done for FSFE over the past year and I can say that you are the coolest freedom fighters in the world! Have a happy I♥FSD and THANK YOU! (Local coordinators, please pass this message on to your groups, so that all local volunteers can know how awesome every volunteer, intern, and staffer in FSFE is!) Yours truly, -- Heiki Lõhmus Vice President, Translation Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe repentinus(a)fsfe.org repentinus(a)jabber.fsfe.org

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