Nate Willis is a typeface designer and consultant who has been an active member of the free-software community for longer than he cares to remember. He currently develops open-source fonts, works on type-related free-software projects, and advocates for open standards in font development and publishing. At least, by day. By night, he works with the libre graphics community and helps organize Texas Linux Fest, a community open-source event in Texas.

In years past, he wrote and edited news about Linux, free software, and open source. Whatever time is left he spends hacking around in automotive computing.

Presentations

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The State of LibreGraphics

Wondering what has transpired in your favorite graphics applications over the last year? Join us for a recap of project development!

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So we have free web fonts; now what?

The number of free-software fonts has exploded, thanks to CSS webfont services like Google Fonts and Open Font Library. But open fonts have yet to make gains in document-creation systems beyond web pages: print-on-demand publishing, print-on-demand merchandise, eReaders and EPUB generation, games, and bundled with FOSS applications. This talk will look at the obstacles, bottlenecks, and disconnects behind this situation and explain what needs to happen next in order to move forward.

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Hacking your car — the easy way

Learn how to get up and running with open source automotive software without breaking the bank. We will look at a variety of low-cost hardware modules to bring your car online, but that don't require big investments or permanent installation. We will also explore several levels of open-source automotive software: for Android, for Python developers, and for traditional desktop Linux distributions.

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