# Super Awesome Future Design Tools Initiative

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/super-awesome-future-design-tools-initiative/317>\
**Category:** Interaction design\
**Created:** [October 15, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/super-awesome-future-design-tools-initiative/317 "2017-10-15T15:19:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/super-awesome-future-design-tools-initiative/317/3 "2017-10-20T18:53:41Z")

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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:

> [@Free-as-in-freedom tools for Designer Dev communication and creation](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/free-as-in-freedom-tools-for-designer-dev-communication-and-creation/316/3):
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> Thanks! A thought-provoking round-up/reminder of things that were (maybe still are) scattered across GitHub slight_smile I’m reminded of a handful of things, one of which is mentioned in post 2 above – InVision: There’s more, but (sorry) I’ll probably not find time to properly revisit the round-up until December at the earliest. I’m weaving my way … [image] … through tangles elsewhere at the moment! Thanks again

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