================ = Inkscape 1.2 = ================

Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that Inkscape version 1.2 is now released.

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You can find out about the new features, and watch our showcase at: https://inkscape.org/news/2022/05/16/inkscape-12/

and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2/

then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/

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Inkscape 1.2 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following one year of development after the 1.1 major release.

The highlights of this release are: * Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages, which are managed by the new Page tool * Editable markers and dash patterns * Layers and objects dialog merged * On-canvas alignment snapping and Snap settings redesign * New 'Tiling' Live Path Effect * Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to * Import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons and other online sources * Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving * All alignment options in a single dialog * Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog * Gradient dithering * SVG Font Editor updated * Flowing text around shapes and text padding * Convenience Boolean operation for splitting paths * Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new customization options * Performance gains for many parts of the interface and many different functions * Lots of improvements to the user interface * Numerous crash & bug fixes in the main Inkscape program and in in the stock extensions

We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and illustrated at https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.2/Inkscape_1.2.html .

----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team -----------------------------

Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], bug triaging[4], or even outreach[5]!

The main ways to get involved are listed onhttps://inkscape.org/contribute/

The preferred points of contact are:

[1] https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.org... +https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or libera.chat/#inkscape-devel) [2]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_translation [3]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux [4]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/bug_migration [5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors

A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible! -- The Inkscape team