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Is @penpot suitable for designing an A4 poster? (for printing)

It doesn't look obviously like it's made for that, but also maybe I'm missing something obvious. I would probably just try an libreoffice tool normally...

Or any other nice open source tools I could use? Doesn't need to be a fancy design...

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abeorch
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Or #gimp
#GIMP
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Ah on second thought someone made the comment about CMYK - there is a difference between image editing tools and design tools for printing .. I'm no expert but thats a definate thing to consider
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@abeorch I think for my purposes this RGB/CMYK distinction matters not... It's a bit DIY style event/poster...

But yes, would be an important factor for more fancy usage!

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you can definitly use it for that if you want but it's indeed more designed for interface and web mockups
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thanks for the replies! @fberger @smallcircles @liaizon @lightweight @abeorch

I'm trying out inkscape, although it misses out that collaborative aspect, I get quite used to sharing a link to a pad, or other tool now, rather than shipping files around.

and inkscape has about 92380293x as many features than what I need!

but I think it'll work, thanks! 💚

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I just took a quick peek at PixiEditor I found on the delightful list, and it looks quite powereful yet intuitive, going from the landing page.

pixieditor.net

I may give it a spin myself, as in Inkscape things go quickly above my head as well.


PixiEditor

PixiEditor is a free and open-source universal 2D graphics editor, powered by innovative Node Graph workflow. Create vectors, edit photos, design graphics, make pixel art and animate - all in one app!
pixieditor.net
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check out graphite.rs

Free online vector editor & procedural design tool

Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG.
Graphite
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Printing is the crucial thing here, imo. Check if the software knows how to handle that properly. CMYK instead of RGB, for example. #Scribus is a desktop publishing software, you can import SVG's and do the text natively. But in the end, it's also about how many different applications you want to learn to do a single poster.
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