Scribus :: Open Source Desktop Publishing for Linux, Mac OS® X and Windows®

I remember running across Scribus back in it’s infancy. Very sad idea of a program back then, but it looks to have shaped up nicely. I’m thinking about doing a personal project developing a printable “map” of the Romanian language and wanted to use an open-source desktop publishing app.

The interesting thing about it is how I found this program. I started at Sourceforge, which is a nightmare to navigate and eventually gave up, intending to do a Google search for desktop publishers. However, my search engine in Firefox was set to Wikipedia and up popped the entry. There was a link to desktop publishing software, so I went to that page and there were two open source apps. Scribus was the one I wanted and now I’m ready to go.

Oh, and the project I’m thinking about is based on somethign I purchased at Barnes and Nobles recently. A Japanese language map. Really nice product for $8. You can see them here: http://bbks.com/products_mapseries.asp