mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square628fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down119
arrow-up1398arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square628fedilink
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIf I still did book design, it’d be InDesign unfortunately; Adobe is the devil, but I haven’t seen a text layout program that compares.
minus-squaremiss_brainfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoNot FOSS, but in terms of alternatives for Adobe, I have been liking Affinity so far. Haven’t used Publisher much though. I will do anything to get away from these fucks, even it means staying with proprietary software And Scribus would be so much nicer if master pages worked the same as they did in InDesign.
minus-squareAccidentalLemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCalibri is probably the closest available alternative. And this one isn’t opensource, but at least it’s not Adobe: Affinity Publisher.
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat’s Calibri? I’m not finding anything (besides the typeface) when I search.
minus-squareAccidentalLemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSorry, I’m misremembering: it’s Scribus.
minus-squaregt24@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoTheir website and a Wikipedia article about them are below. https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_(software)
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou can use calibre for desktop publishing?
If I still did book design, it’d be InDesign unfortunately; Adobe is the devil, but I haven’t seen a text layout program that compares.
Not FOSS, but in terms of alternatives for Adobe, I have been liking Affinity so far. Haven’t used Publisher much though.
I will do anything to get away from these fucks, even it means staying with proprietary software
And Scribus would be so much nicer if master pages worked the same as they did in InDesign.
Calibri is probably the closest available alternative. And this one isn’t opensource, but at least it’s not Adobe: Affinity Publisher.
What’s Calibri? I’m not finding anything (besides the typeface) when I search.
Sorry, I’m misremembering: it’s Scribus.
Their website and a Wikipedia article about them are below.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_(software)
You can use calibre for desktop publishing?