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We're Manufactura Independente, a design studio focused on free and open source software, libre culture and critical engagement with design tools.
Our skills range from print design to coding and UI design. We're actively engaged with the free software movement and use only FLOSS tools in the work we develop.
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Colorfont
Easy multi-colored typography for the web.
A jQuery script and a font bundle for improved awesomeness in web type.
manufacturaind timeline- manufacturaind: Badness&Conflict, workshop by @crickxson with @osp. A dive into layout, cartography, collision and type: http://ur1.ca/csbr5 #lgru February 12, 2013
- manufacturaind: We're back to Constant Variable, this time to work on the !libregraphicsmag: http://ur1.ca/a41j7 September 4, 2012
- manufacturaind: 10h after we started, here's how #fontSerreria is coming along @medialabprado! http://ur1.ca/9sr3q July 18, 2012
- manufacturaind: @markun showing the power of the OnibusHacker: driving around Brasil, getting people involved in #transparency and #opendata. #oldp July 6, 2012
- manufacturaind: Our talk slides and libre typography references are up. Get them and get your hands dirty: http://ur1.ca/96e4v !lgm #lgm May 5, 2012
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Category Archives: hacks
The first plotter poster
Last year, after reviving an old Roland plotter, we took the chance to make some prints with it. The most refined and finished one was poster with the cover illustration of the Libre Graphics magazine issue 1.2. The full poster … Continue reading
Implied Spacing
Working with the Scribus API we wrote a script for something we named Implied Spacing. The script removes all spaces between words and creates a gradient in the letter colouring. The rule is, as a word gets closer to its … Continue reading
Scheming and plotting
For a long while, we were pretty curious about the workings of plotters. Like regular inkjet printers, they work by mechanically moving a printer head over a sheet of paper. Unlike inkjets, plotters use pens to draw, instead of spraying … Continue reading
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Goodbye Dolly, Hello Libre Graphics
Some weeks ago, during a feed-reading evening, I checked the recipe blog that me and some friends share. We set it up so we could easily share tips and new tricks among us. I took the chance to visit the … Continue reading
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