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speedata<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@tajpulo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tajpulo</span></a></span> is now talking about digital typesetting on the Grazer LinuxTage <a href="https://streaming.media.ccc.de/glt25/i1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streaming.media.ccc.de/glt25/i</span><span class="invisible">1</span></a><br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/glt25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glt25</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/digitalTypesetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalTypesetting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a></p>
🧊 freezr 🥶<p><b>Standard interchange image format for Open Source DTP</b></p><p>Hi people,</p><p>with all the mayor GUI <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=DTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTP</span></a> software reaching their peak: <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a>, <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Scribus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scribus</span></a> and <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a>; and the well established <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeX</span></a> software <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ConTeXt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConTeXt</span></a> and <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=SpeedataPublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedataPublisher</span></a>, and <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=ImageMagick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageMagick</span></a> we need a serious discussion about which image format we should adopt that works seamlessly across all these applications and it is generally accepted in the press workflow, whereas is embedded or not into a PDF file.</p><p>It should be something that has good quality, supports <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=CMYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CMYK</span></a> and Alpha channels and it is <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> friendly and perhaps an <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=openstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstandard</span></a>.</p><p>I would dare to say that perhaps jpeg2000 matches most of them, it exists from a very long time and can be adopted as common ground, however it is need a combined effort, if what I am writing makes sense for you.</p><p>ImageMagick supports it, Gimp 3 currently doesn't, <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=LuaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuaTeX</span></a> and <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=LuaMetaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuaMetaTeX</span></a> neither. I guess that Inkscape once it will be able to export in CMYK it will decide which format using to store images in CMYK with alpha into a PDF.</p><p>It would be very beneficial if we can adopt a format that works everywhere and it is press friendly, thanks.</p>
speedata<p>Version 5.0 of the speedata has been released. There is a short announcement online:</p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2025/03/12/version-5-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2025/03/12/ve</span><span class="invisible">rsion-5-released/</span></a></p><p>Major changes since version 4</p><p>* Integration of HarfBuzz<br>* Full accessibility support.<br>* A rewritten XML and XPath 2.0 parser.<br>* Attachment of ZUGFeRD invoices.<br>* Greatly enhance enhance various subsystems such as HTML, MetaPost integration and paragraph builder.<br>* SAAS available with the speedata Pro plan.</p><p>All layouts should work without changes.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/xml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xml</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a></p>
speedata<p>Since the speedata Publisher is now completely bug free, I have released version 5.0 now. More information will follow!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/bugfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugfree</span></a></p>
speedata<p>I am thinking about an additional speedata Publisher frontend. </p><p>Up to now, the layout and data are both encoded in XML. With a good XML editor, this makes writing layouts a breeze.</p><p>I know that some people are uncomfortable with that, so I am thinking about a Lua API instead of the XML API. See </p><p><a href="https://github.com/speedata/publisher/discussions/651" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/speedata/publisher/</span><span class="invisible">discussions/651</span></a></p><p>for a discussion and a tiny example (just a draft).</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/xml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xml</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lua</span></a></p>
speedata<p>I have tried some of the more famous AI chats to generate a simple ‚Hello world' layout. The result was as I expected…</p><p>See <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2025/02/04/speedatapublisherai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2025/02/04/sp</span><span class="invisible">eedatapublisherai/</span></a> for my findings. </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/chatcpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatcpt</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/deepseek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deepseek</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/helloworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helloworld</span></a></p>
speedata<p>The speedata Publisher has finally a fix for the Adobe Acrobat display error when mixing (table) rules and background.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/speedata/publisher/issues/644" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/speedata/publisher/</span><span class="invisible">issues/644</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/adobeacrobat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adobeacrobat</span></a> <br>Left: before right: now</p>
speedata<p>I have just released the stable version 4.20 of the speedata Publisher! </p><p>Half a year of work, 150 commits and 40 minor releases it is time for a stable release. Now I will focus on the last remaining bugs and hopefully release version 5 by March.</p><p>Main updates include <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ZUGFeRD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZUGFeRD</span></a> enhancements, accessibility support and stricter XPath/XML handling. </p><p>See the news at <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2025/01/15/version-4-20-release/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2025/01/15/ve</span><span class="invisible">rsion-4-20-release/</span></a> </p><p>Download at download.speedata.de, as always.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/databasepublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databasepublishing</span></a></p>
speedata<p>The speedata Publisher now has new semantics for accessing XML data structure stored within variables. See <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/09/04/setvariablesemantic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/09/04/se</span><span class="invisible">tvariablesemantic/</span></a> for details. This might break backwards compatibility and you might need to update your layouts. <br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a></p>
speedata<p>speedata Publisher and font expansion. New blog post on </p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/07/11/fontexpansion/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/07/11/fo</span><span class="invisible">ntexpansion/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/microtypography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microtypography</span></a></p>
speedata<p>The speedata Publisher has now much better support for accessibility and tagged PDF</p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/06/17/speedatapublishera11y/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/06/17/sp</span><span class="invisible">eedatapublishera11y/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a></p>
🧊 freezr 🥶<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paoloredaelli</span></a></span></p><p>That news is quite old, but it is the sad reality that you don't own proprietary software even though you pay for...</p><p>Since you have coding skills you may find yourself more comfortable using <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=SpeedataPublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedataPublisher</span></a></p><p>www.speedata.de</p>
speedata<p>Releasing the new stable version 4.18 (after 24 minor releases).</p><p>The biggest changes compared to 4.16 is the new XML/XPath parser (now default) and the default font loader HarfBuzz. Both things are a major step forward.</p><p>Here is the link to the announcement: <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/04/22/release-speedata-publisher-4-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/04/22/re</span><span class="invisible">lease-speedata-publisher-4-18/</span></a></p><p>Download at <a href="https://download.speedata.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">download.speedata.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a></p>
speedata<p>Releasing the new stable version 4.18 (after 24 minor releases).</p><p>The biggest changes compared to 4.16 is the new XML/XPath parser (now default) and the default font loader HarfBuzz. Both things are a major step forward.</p><p>A more detailed announcement will follow on Monday.</p><p>Download at <a href="https://download.speedata.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">download.speedata.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a></p>
speedata<p>Page shuffling with the speedata Publisher: re-arrange pages from a PDF</p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/03/06/pageshuffling/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/03/06/pa</span><span class="invisible">geshuffling/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a></p>
speedata<p>New in my blog: reduce PDF file size by automatically resize bitmap images.</p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/03/05/reducepdffilesize/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/03/05/re</span><span class="invisible">ducepdffilesize/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/bitmapimages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitmapimages</span></a></p>
speedata<p>Markdown support in the speedata Publisher and a layout “quine”. New blog post at <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/03/01/markdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/03/01/ma</span><span class="invisible">rkdown/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/quine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quine</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a></p>
speedata<p>A somewhat lengthy blog post about integration of Lua and Go (with LuaTeX) <a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/02/21/mixinggoandlua/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/02/21/mi</span><span class="invisible">xinggoandlua/</span></a></p><p>Mostly about creating wrapper libraries in Go and Lua to extend the functionality of the rather limited Lua standard library and its lack of Unicode handling.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>golang</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lua</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/cgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cgo</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a></p>
speedata<p>9:30am and already all work done for today: make the new XPath parser the default for the speedata Publisher.</p><p>Now clean the desk…</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/xpath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xpath</span></a></p>
speedata<p>Version 4.17.1 of the speedata Publisher comes with a completely rewritten logging/output backend:</p><p><a href="https://news.speedata.de/2024/01/10/xmllogging-v4_17_1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.speedata.de/2024/01/10/xm</span><span class="invisible">llogging-v4_17_1/</span></a></p><p>Summary: less information on stdout, better information in the log file (which is now XML). </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/speedatapublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedatapublisher</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a></p>
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