I use Scribus a lot - this is a powerful tool and although the development is happening, it feels it could need a boost.
FontForge is another tool that could need some help in the development side. The UI could be improve a lot which would already give it a really awesome feel.
Inkscape works well for me. If I could export to a CMYK printing format it would definitely make my life a lot simpler but it’s been really good for me anyway.
Inter-connection between these tools would also need improvement, to be able to import vector from inkscape to scribus or to font forge or to synfig studio flawlessly would be a good bonus.
I definitely would prefer to see the tools that are already there to be improved instead of starting a completely new set of tool.
One tool that I really would like to see develop is a pdf/png/jpg commenting tool. Like how on dropbox users can leave comments on each part of the pdf/png/jpg you upload:
- Public or private image
- Password protected - but multiple person can access the file.
- Commenting with location on the pdf
- Versioning so that once the changes are made the file can be re-uploaded but the older version can be kept.
- Self hosted
This thread talks about this exact problem actually: