November 2004 - Inkscape Users

Large EPS filesizes
by Craig Pearce 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

Hi, I am using 0.39 and have an inkspace-generated SVG that contains several images that I want to include in latex as EPS. When I indivually place each image in the page, change page size to match image size and print direct, I choose various resolutions such as 72DPI, 300DPI etc. The output filesize is the same no matter what DPI setting I choose. The issue is the size of the file, it is common for the file to be 7MB which results in the latex-generated postscript document being too large for me to email. Perhaps I am using the wrong procedure to generate an EPS, either way, I'd like to have smaller EPS images :) Kind regards, JoeBloe

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Fonts and TextFlow
by Ed Donnelly 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Hi I'm new to Inkscape so forgive me if these are silly questions. I'm looking into using Inkscape to make a sprite based webcomic, but I've got a problem with some of the fonts I want to use. I've installed some fonts from Blambot (you can try some from http://www.blambot.com/dialogue.html as samples), but while they work with other Windows apps (like OpenOffice) they don't appear in the list of available fonts in Inkscape - they're just not there. While I was looking through the screenshots I found one which showed text being confined to a shape (http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.40-CVS-linux-flow-01…) but I can't work out how to do it. Can it only be done through the XML editor? If so how, and will it ever be made available through the front end? I'm using Windows 2000 and one of the snapshot builds from http://cortijodelrio.net/, though the fonts didn't appear with 0.39 either. TTFN, Ed

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Good news (but could be better)
by Alan Horkan 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

Although Inkscape did not win this years Linux Journal Readers Choice Award in the best Graphics category it did get a mention as having received the most write in votes which bodes well for next year. Sincerely Alan Horkan Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Inkscape, Draw Freely http://inkscape.org

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auto-increment object id's?
by Jay Vaughan 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

hey, i use inkscape a lot - it is my primary svg editor - and i'm very impressed with it. but there's one thing that frustrates me, and that is the way it handles auto-id assignment. ideally i'd like to be able to select a group of objects, set the ID property of one, with a -1 at the end, and have the rest all be enumerated based on the first one.. is there any way to tell inkscape to use specific id's for objects, and auto-increment properly? i've dl'ed the code and had a look at the sd-object "sp_object_get_unique_id" function, but it doesn't look to me as if theres' an 'easy' way to get it to handle auto-increments properly without majorly restructuring things .. anyone got clues? -- ; Jay Vaughan

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for Mac OS X
by Paul Libbrecht 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Le 12 nov. 04, à 00:38, Alan Horkan a écrit : >> That would also mean provide XWindows by default (not the case). > I was under the impression that there was an official Apple supported > version of X11 that worked well (I believe they are even going to use > X.org) but I guess it is still an optional extra. It is an optional extra, just as the developer tools are also an optional extra which takes a lot of hard-disk space. But the latter are required to get anything fink. As I said, having Inkscape be in the stable branch of Fink would already be an immense help for joe-7-pack! paul

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Re: [Inkscape-user] SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

> > >Quoth volvoguy on or about 2004-11-11: > > > >>> Hey Claus. I'm not using SuSE, so I'm not sure how easy this is to set >>> up there. I've had good luck using a "print to PDF" type thing in >>> Linux. If you're able to do that, I would imagine any printer will >>> accept PDF's these days. Just a thought. :-) >> >> > >I suspect your PSV will accept or even prefer PostScript over PDF. This >avoids the PS to PDF conversion that many UNIX print systems do to >produce PDF output. > First of all, thanks for your suggestions! Actually, the "printer" is an online service that only accepts either CorelDRAW, Illustrator, or Freehand files, but I can at least ask them if they accept PDF as well (since Postscript or EPS doesn't support gradients, as someone wrote here on the list). A while ago, I already discovered a program at Sourceforge that converts files to PDF. I'm gonna check this out again! Thanks, Claus

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Copying objects
by Batista, Facundo 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

[Joshua A. Andler] #- First off, what version are you using and what platform is it on? Sorry, my fault. I'm on Win2k SP4. Regarding the version, Menu->Help->About Inkscape gives me: ** (Inkscape.exe:280): CRITICAL **: file help.cpp: line 53 (void sp_help_about()): assertion `doc != NULL' failed Looking at the installer, I have 0.38-1. #- In the meantime, this is not the recommended method Why? #- but if you are having that much difficulty you can just "import" draw1.svg into draw2.svg. Worked perfectly! Didn't know that "import" did that. I always looked at the menu option, but always thought that it was to import from other formats... Thank you (and to the others that also answered)! . Facundo

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Copying objects
by Batista, Facundo 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi! How can I copy an object from one drawing file to the another one? For example: - I make draw1.svg, where one of the objects is a composite between a curve and a triangle, each with it own customization. - I start other project, draw2.svg, and I note that I need exactly the same curve and triangle. - I don't want to redraw them, I just want to copy from one to the another. Right now, if I put "copy" in one document, and then "paste" in other, I get a "Nothing in the clipboard". Thank you! Facundo Batista Desarrollo de Red fbatista@...321... (54 11) 5130-4643 Cel: 15 5097 5024

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RE: [Inkscape-user] SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

> > >>>I need to convert Inkscape 'SVG' files to Adobe Illustrator 'AI'. Is >>>> > there a utility >>>> > available that will accomplish this? I checked Google & the list >>>> > archives, but to >>>> > no avail! :-( >>> >>> >>> >>> Illustrator can load EPS. Exporting to EPS may work for you, though it >>> loses gradients and transparency. >> >> > >I just busted open Illustrator 10 and it opened an Inkscape SVG file ok. >The results weren't perfect though. If you have any raster image within >the SVG that was resized in inkscape, it defaults back to the original >size in Illustrator. Also, it totally ditches any transparencies >(whether on the object level or within a color/gradient). Luckily it >still keeps the gradients as they are though. > >So you may just want to try and open directly in Illustrator if you or >the person you're sending it to have a relatively recent version. > Alas, I don't have Illustrator available. I just need to *convert* SVG to the Illustrator file format, since the printer doesn't accept SVGs. I checked Inkscape, but my version (0.37) doesn't have an option "Export to EPS", either. I am using SuSE Linux 9.1. Claus

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SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi, I need to convert Inkscape 'SVG' files to Adobe Illustrator 'AI'. Is there a utility available that will accomplish this? I checked Google & the list archives, but to no avail! :-( Thanks, Claus

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