June 2007 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Cairoification clarification
by Bill Baxter 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Is this page out of date? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Cairoification Latest I heard on IRC was that Inkscape *is* using Cairo and in the end it's actually *faster* overall than libart. --bb

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Again: Text tool in Inkscape 0.45 autopackage
by Claus Cyrny 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Hi all, since I didn't get any response to my first query, I have to post this again, since the problem is still there: After installing Inkscape 0.45 from the autopackage, Inkscape freezes when I try to invoke the text tool (both by means of the shortcut and the button). Did anyone else experience this, and is there a fix of some kind for this problem? TIA, Claus -- Home Page - http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ [in English] graf-o-matic 2.0 - http://grafomatic01.twoday.net/ [in German]

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ttf or Adobe Type 1 fonts
by Jan Homan 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I am looking for a tool to convert these kind of fonts into CEF fonts. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.

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library of Inkscape / SVG "shapes" or "components"
by Niall Mansfield 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I'm using Inkscape for diagrams of computer networks, i.e. the sort of thing that Visio is good for. Is there a gallery or library of "shapes" or "components" anywhere? (Hoped to find something on www.openclipart.org but that site is still down.) Thanks, Niall

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Draw a web site using only Inkscape
by Haakon Meland Eriksen 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello, everyone! I'm new to the list, and would like to thank the Inkscape developers for making great free (as in freedom) software and for promoting an important open standard, SVG, as the drawing format. Konqueror 3.5.x ( and Apple's Safari?) and Mozilla Firefox 2.x are SVG enabled, which means children can now draw their web site using only Inkscape and put the linked SVG files directly on the web. This is very easy, a lot of fun, and I find the results are colourful and vivid. I've made a simple example - would you like to see? Take a look at http://far.no/svg/web.svg Yours sincerely, Haakon Meland Eriksen

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non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Andy Richardson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I have just started using Scribus for page layout and have had an issue with the import of an SGV created in Inkscape. The image has two lines of text running along two separate curves. When I import the SVG into Scribus I get a message that tells the "SVG file contains unsupported features" and the resulting import has broken the text away from the paths. Are there text/path features in Inkscape which are non-standard or is this a Scribus problem? Interestingly enough an import of the same image when saved as an EPS imports fine. Any ideas? Andy

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Help needed on OS X
by Jean-Olivier Irisson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello all, To solve a bug I need a little help from the community. I would need the output of this command: ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXine* Just copy paste the line above in a Terminal and then copy paste the output back in an email. I would need this information from users with 4 different setups: - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) Thank you in advance for your help. Jean-Olivier Irisson --- UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, 52 av Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France +336 21 05 19 90 http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/

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Imported png blurred
by Facundo Casco 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi, I'm working with Inkscape to make some illustrations and noticed some little problem. When I import a png file it losses detail and looks blurred, I attach and image so you see what I'm talking about. Inkscape is a great program and I like it more every time I use it. That's why I want to learn to produce great work with it. Please if anyone knows what can I do to avoid this inconvenience let me know. Tnx. Facundo -- =,=

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Re: [Inkscape-user] non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Cedric Sagne 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi Import of text in SVG in Scribus is really an issue unless converted to path. If it needs to be edited, you should use Scribus's features directly - if not convert to shape. Cedric Creating "non-flowed" text that has been "Put on Path" still > detaches itself from the path when imported into Scribus. Converting the > text to "regular (non flowed) text" by using the "Convert to text" > command also does not fix the problem - the text is still detached on > import.

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Cropping
by Keenan Pepper 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it? Keenan Pepper

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