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Inkscape extension: inkscape-placeholders
by Xaviju Julián 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi! I just wanted to share with you an extension I developed that might be useful for some of you, specially for inkscape web designers. Its a extension that has two functionalities: - Create image placeholders in any size and width with random images from unsplash <https://unsplash.it/> - Create random user avatars from uifaces <http://uifaces.com/>. Both plugins and documentation on how to install them are available via github: https://github.com/Xaviju/inkscape-placeholder I have also written a blog post on how to create inkscape extensions for non developers: https://medium.com/@xaviju/inkscape-extensions-by-non-developers-for-non-de… with what I have learned developing this extensions. Since I am not a python developer myseff it can contain some errors so I will be glad to receive feedback and corrections on how to improve it or PRs to fix any code bugs. Of course, any suggestions or ideas are welcome as well. Regards!

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Gimp to SVG
by Jabier Arraiza 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hi to all. I just update the plugin export from Gimp to SVG to allow the export text as text. It become in a new class called "pango to SVG" on the branch. Here are the code: https://github.com/jabiertxof/Gimp-to-SVG Dont forget make executable the plugin if on Linux. Thanks to Guillermo Espertino for the idea and for first betatesting. All the best, Jabiertxo.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Another font issue: Calluna Regular
by Hinerangi Courtenay 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hi people, Maren gave me a heads up on the font issue (sorry I've been skipping the digests lately, so thanks for that!). Actually great point about the font, at the time I made the website mockups (5 years ago now) I didn't even consider open-source font licencing a critical issue. The Libertine Regular font proposed looks like a good drop-in replacement. There are so many issues with the way the typography has evolved on the website, that I'd really like to redefine a proper style guide (typography, colours, everything) with the planned responsive redesign/evolution. Also the new Draw Freely font is great! Cheers,Hine

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The font issue
by Jelle Mulder 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hi all, I tend to use fontsquirrel for things like this. It also allows to filter your search for languages. Sadly though for me in China it is hardly possible to use the filters due to timeouts. However, looking for scripts,.. how would you imagine doing that for Chinese or Hindi? I actually thought this was limited to the English text "Draw Freely". I would suggest that the slogan can be edited freely for other languages and fonts chosen as required. Vectorising the fonts would also solve the problem as it then no longer is a font. No need to download font files either that way for those few characters. When it comes to Chinese fonts, they can have up to 180.000 characters for the traditional ones and come at a whopping 18 MB for a font file. It's one of the reasons I am not that happy with deprecating SVG fonts in SVG 2.0. It was a godsend for keeping the glyph libraries small. The alternative now is to create font subsets for every page. But yeah,.. that's another discussion. I think the website font is more of an issue really. That one requires a number of font sets to be chosen and recommended for several of the larger language groups. That basically leaves us with only a few options as the amount of fonts that cater to the world are pretty few. Only fonts used by OS interfaces will be available all others will be proprietary created by foundries that spend years on it. Cheers, Jelle

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Strange bug related to "recent file" list
by su_v 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Quoting reply received off-list - maybe someone on the list can comment on the proposal? On 2015-09-29 21:29 (+0200), Riccardo Bernardini wrote: > >> Known issue (not fixed yet) tracked here: >> Bug #1404934 “Crash when opening files (Glib::ConvertError exception)” >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1404934 > > Would it suffice to catch the exception Glib::ConvertError: threw by filename_from_url() at resource-manager.cpp:225, so that the offending entry is skipped and not appended to priorLocations (maybe with some warning output)? If yes, I could try doing the minimal change and submit it. > > Riccardo

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Strange bug related to "recent file" list
by Riccardo Bernardini 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Dear all, I just experienced (and -- fortunately -- solved) a strange bug that almost made me crazy. I am sending this mail with my experience, in case it could help someone else with the same problem. I checked the devel mailing list for something related (searched for "recent file"), but I did not find anything, so I assume that this is new. If it is not new, or if this is not the right mailing list, please excuse me. I use inkscape 0.91 on Linux Mint cinnamon 17, 32 bit. Until yesterday inkscape was working just fine. Suddenly, I was not able to open any SVG file, including the tutorials. As soon as the file opened, inkscape died with "inkscape experienced an internal error and it will close now." The output at terminal showed that it died with GLib::ConversionError and running inkscape under gdb showed that the exception was threw by GLib::filename_from_url. I tried rebooting, removing (completely) inkscape and re-installing, removing the configuration directory under .gconf, but the bug remained. If I run inkscape as a different user, it worked fine. I recompiled inkscape from sources in order to have all the symbols. By running it under gdb I discovered that the problem was an entry "file://pitch.ops" in the recent file list. I guess the problem was that the file was with a relative path (note the two '/') and not an absolute one (I guess this is a bug of OpenShot, why registering a relative path in the "recent file" list?). I cleaned the "recent files" list and everything works again. I hope this helps. Riccardo -- Riccardo Bernardini Tel : +39-0432-55-8271 skype : bernardini.riccardo LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/riccardobernardini

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Four finalists "Draw Freely" font
by C R 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Hello everyone! We've narrowed it down to four finalists for the "Draw Freely" font. http://www.opendesignstudio.org/inkscape/samples/draw-freely_vote_finalists… So pick your favs from this final set, and the winner will be announced Monday. #1 is in the lead right now, so if no one votes, that will be our new Draw Freely font. :) Thanks for your votes! -C

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My last work
by Jabier Arraiza 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Hi! Here are a pic and a link to my last work. https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/6626/ Branch description: This branch improve the Knot and the Mesh gradient code: Knot: Add a new knot type "TRIANGLE". Add a new knot property called Angle to turn triangle knots. Mesh: Improve the size of corners (DIAMOND) knots. Update to angled triangle knots the handles of selected corners. All the best, Jabier.

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Four finalists "Draw Freely" font (C R)
by Jelle Mulder 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Hello CR, Sticking to nr 3 Jelle

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Inkscape Board Election Results
by Ted Gould 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Dear developers, dear candidates, thank you all for your participation in the Inkscape Board elections — especially to the candidates, who volunteered for these positions and who patiently answered the questions that were asked on the mailing list. All in all, 40 project members cast their vote. The two candidates who won the election are Krzysztof Kosiński and Martin W.F. Owens. Congratulations! You can take a look at the complete results of the election at https://vote.sfconservancy.org/results.php?election_id=6 Also, we'd like to ask everyone on the Board to check up on your profiles on the inkscape.org website and fill in a short bio text, if there isn't any yet, as they will be presented on the web page about the Board. The 'old' Board members, Tav, Ted, Jon, Bryce and Josh, will help you with any questions you have about your duties, and give you access to Board-only resources, like the board-docs repo at launchpad. All best, The Inkscape Elections Committee

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