On 2010-11-15 21:19, Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology wrote:
Did somebody say "font hinting" and "inkscape" in the same voice?
Wow, please don't get rid of this feature -- I've been wanting something like it for a long time, and never thought to look at the "Save as" dialog.
Though I understand that it just adds UI confusion to have 2 ways to output PNGs.
You're right that for at leas some applications this kind of feature would be cool to have. However, at the moment (as far as I understand) this export method is far from feature complete (and wasn't really meant to be used for serious work). In combination with the UI confusion this leads to people getting stuck on exporting things that should be no problem exporting.
So it might be better to remove the option from the save as dialog for now (I'm thinking a hidden option if it's still needed for testing or something).
What can I do to achieve font hinting via the bitmap-export dialogue? A simple checkbox would be very nice, and an export hint to say "always export this object with font-hinting/cairo". I'm a skilled programmer, but have no experience with the Inkscape core (and not heaps of spare time, but that's another story...). Where should I start?
Personally I'm really looking forward to the GSoC cairo branch (you can check it out from Launchpad to test it if you like), and I'd recommend seeing if that already does what you want by default. If not, it might be easier to modify it so that it does do what you want.
- Bryan
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 08:24, Tobias Wolf <towolf@...400... mailto:towolf@...400...> wrote:
~suv <suv-sf@...360...> writes: > 3) remove "Cairo PNG" as output file format? [1] (bug #669267) > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/669267> > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/404826> > Any feedback on this issue? Can anyone confirm that disabling the > internal output extension will not have side-effects other than forcing > the system clipboard support to use the internal bitmap export instead > of 'Cairo PNG' when pasting raster graphics into other applications? > -- needs feedback But Cairo PNG is useful because it render fonts hinted and LCD filtered, which is good for UI mockups, etc....