Creating the 404 Media Zine: A Designer's Journey Using Linux, Affinity, and WINE
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robenkleene
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Summary
The article details the author's journey from newspaper graphic design to journalism, and their experience creating the 404 Media zine using an unconventional technical setup on Linux with Affinity software running through WINE. It explores how design background influences storytelling and the practical challenges of modern digital publishing workflows.
Key quotes
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For years, I was a graphic designer at a number of newspapers—some fairly small, some quite large. I was a card-carrying member of the Society for News Design.
I still adore laying out a big project, conceptualizing it, and trying to use it to visually add to the story that the words are trying to convey.
Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE.
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