June 2006 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Stroke extraction from outline font
by Jan 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

Hello, I'm working on comparison of printed letters and handwritten ones. I'm using Inkscape for various tasks however I coudn't find a way how to accomplish "Stroke extraction from outline font". Is there a way how to tackle down this task using Inkscape ? It doesn't have to be automatical sofisticated way ... Any advice appriciated. Thanks! Jan

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pattern problems
by Hago Ziegler 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Hi, I have some difficulties with a pattern. It should look like this: http://www.hagoschaos.de/test/test.html image 1. Inkscape and Opera9 are showing it like this. IE6 and Opera8.54 with the Adobe plugin are showing it like image 2. Firefox shows nothing. Batik won't run here - a Java-window tells me: connection refused ...? Here is the svg-file: http://www.hagoschaos.de/test/svg3a-aa.svg It's 2 patterns: green stripe with transparent background. I didn't know, how to do it with just one pattern. Further, I dont understand, why one of the patterns have this strange edges (image 3). I made the pattern with a copy of the same green stripe. Can you give me some help? Regards, Hago

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Manga not found
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Hi list, The manga inspiration does not work now. Could someone do anything ? The link is in: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/BenutzerGalerien -- Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha http://ezequiasrocha.blogspot.com msn:ezequias@...9... "the worst of democracies is still better than the best of dictatorship"

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l-system effects samples
by Benjamin Huot 11 Jun '06

11 Jun '06

trying out various parameters on L-system effects http://benjamin-newton.net/ministries/personal/blank/fatherday

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question about moving a selection of multiple clones
by Gijsbert Stoet 11 Jun '06

11 Jun '06

I have a question about handling clones (an example file is on http://volition.wustl.edu/test.svg Imagine this: 1) I create an object (the top left one in the file) 2) I make multiple clones of this object and spread them around (the others, not the original of the clones) 3) Then I decide that I want to move the clones a little to the right 4) I select them all (make a selection box with the mouse around all the clones, but do not include the original). 5) I move the selection area to the right (or to any position). 6) I release the mouse button AND THEN THE STRANGE THING HAPPENS: all the clones seem to move to some RANDOM positions. To resolve this 'problem', I can group the selection, move the group and then ungroup. That works. I have the clone option to stay unmoved when the original moves. If I select the move according to transform option in the inkcape preferences, the problem does not occur anymore, that is, the selected clones move as I intend. -------- My questions: 1) What is going on? Why the random moves of some of the clones? 2) Why does it work as I want if I select the option 'move according to transform'. I thought this inkscape pref is ONLY about what happens when you move the original, but not when you move the cloned selection. I wonder whether I am missing something, or whether this is an unintended side effect? ---- BTW: I use Ubuntu Linux Dapper. It happens on the official ubuntu 0.43 inkscape version as well on the latest Linux version I downloaded using the autopackage.

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Release Notes push
by bulia byak 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

I have finished filling in blanks and pruning loose ends in the Release Notes, and now this document needs attention from as many eyes as possible. Please proofread it, copyedit it, complete it or rewrite it, or just report if you see something missing or wrong: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes In particular, translators, please fill in the Translations section with an overview of current status and progress. Thanks! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Weird scaling behavior
by Terry Hancock 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

Hi all, This is probably an SVG question rather than an Inkscape question, but... I started working on an SVG that I downloaded (which apparently came from Adobe Illustrator, as I have discovered via text editor). The original document had an inconvenient canvas size, since I had expanded on the drawing considerably. So I went into document preferences and changed it to 800x600 points (the default units were points, and I think 1 pt = 1 pixel for the designed size, although of course, I know that Inkscape also has 'px' for pixels), since I was planning to lay it out for convenient export to a full-screen PNG. But -- whoops -- the drawing jumped up in scale. It seems like the scale of the drawing is somehow tied to the Y dimension of the canvas. What's up with that?! 1) How do you even do that? 2) How can I make it stop? Thanks! Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock (hancock@...1625...) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com

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testing effects
by Benjamin Huot 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

I have tested out some of the effects in .44pre2. Overall the usability is quite good and no crashes. One of the filters did cause a lock up but it became usable after that so I quit without saving that last bit and it worked as normal when I started up again. Is there anyway you can use graphical terms instead of mathematical ones. Like the L something makes a tree - if you labeled that tree-maker or something to that effect instead of L something, it would make much more sense. Great work as always. The logo at the top of the link was done with Inkscape .44pre2 on Ubuntu 6.06, installed with the autopackage installer. http://benjamin-newton.com/

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more .44 pre-testing
by Benjamin Huot 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

extrude effect works well too in .44pre3 on Ubuntu 6.06 - autopackage install. http://benjamin-newton.com/

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inkscape-20060607-0100
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hi, i've just compiled inkscape-20060607-0100 and i'm starting to explore it. i was using 4.3 before so it's a bit of a leap. the first thing i noticed was the pallette along the bottom, what an absolutely fantastic idea. the new icons look great and there are loads of little tweaks in the menus. i've only just started playing with it, but it's pretty amazing so far. massive thanks to all the developers who work on inkscape. john.

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