Thomas Worthington wrote:
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:57:20 -0000, Guillermo Espertino <gespertino@...400...> wrote:
Of course, points are relative to the pixel-per-unit ratio, so you all you really have to do is a quick mental calculation (unless you're using a really odd ratio for "ppu"). But it would be a bit of a time and trouble saver.
Typographic points aren't. The default measure used in DTP is 1/72 inches.
And when it is rendered, which it must be at some point to be human-usable, it is rendered into a pixel-per-unit raster image of some sort. So, yes, it is relative to ppu.
And about your first sentence: I'm ok with Inkscape being an SVG editor,
Good, since that's what it is...
but it's announced like a vector illustration program in the website (comparable to Illustrator, Corel, etc.) And that's what most users will expect of the program.
Yes, and it is also made obvious that it uses SVG as its standard document format. The roadmap points out the way to achieving compliance with the SVG spec, which is a web standard. And, like Illustrator and Corel, many people use it for web graphics design.
Totally agree. I don't actually see the point of Inkscape for the Web since very little displays SVG by default.
Well, you can use any tool any way you like, but a tool designer has to design a tool for a specific job/jobset, or he ends up with no tool at all. If you don't see the point of using Inkscape for the web, I don't know what to tell you.
I use it for graphic design of letterheads, advertisements and various other print-related jobs. I do use it for web work too, but vector work has traditionally been aimed at print for obvious reasons.
Using your own logic, how many printers do you know take SVG files for printing? Not many, since it's a web graphics spec. So you should also not see it as a tool for print graphic design, either. I don't think your reasons are so obvious. Part of the usefulness of vector in web usage is size, part is scalability...sounds like the same reasons it's used for print.
People see Inkscape as a Corel/illustration free alternative, not like something "for editing SVG" even when Inkscape actually is a SVG editor.
I'd be astounded if more than 10% of users thought of Inkscape as an editor for SVG! It's a vector art package.
Well, whatever. Just trying to give some insight as to why things might make sense in a broader scope than your own personal usage.
So imo, the XML editor should be used for advanced operations, not for everyday stuff like setting the size of a typeface.
Sure. But the issue of default units should be determined by what the tool is primarily designed for. And nobody can deny that SVG, which is the standard format, is a web spec, for which pixels are the de facto non-relative standard unit.