Tying the Knot
Would you like to adorn your letterhead with an attractive Celtic knot? Drawing one by hand is a laborious task, but Knotter provides a variety of functions to get the job done in a matter of minutes.
Designing Celtic knots with Knotter
Oleg Zhukov, 123RF.com
When Linux users think of vector graphics, Inkscape usually comes to mind. Knotter [1] is different: It was created especially to create Celtic knots (Figure 1). The application puts no limits on your creativity and is ready with various knot concepts to help you create a variety of patterns.
Installation
Knotter is downloadable as version 0.9.6b. Despite its beta status, the software proved to be fully functioning and stable in my test. Installation packages in DEB format for distributions such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint are available from SourceForge. Double-clicking on the package installs it.
If a suitable package doesn't exist for your particular distribution, you can compile it from the sources. Download them and unpack the tarball. Open a console in the newly created directory and enter ./configure.sh && make . Then, install the software with root privileges using make install .
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