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Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

I cannot see these fonts in my inkscape. Times－Roman Helvetica Courier Symbol Times－Bold Helvetica－Bold Courier－Bold ZapfDingbats Times－Italic Helvetica-Oblique Courier－Oblique Times-BoldItalic Helvetica－BoldOblique Courier－BoldOblique There are lots of fonts but not these above. I have a standard install of inkscape and have not installed any additional font, I would not know how to do it anyway. So I changed the font of almost all my texts. But the size of the svg and the size of the pdf did not change at all. The two files are http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en_new_font.svg and http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en_new_font.pdf The pdf still does not display the text in the angled boxes. I have not changed the font in the angled boxes which is still Bitstream Vera Sans. Thanks for your support! Stephane ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Rob Antonishen <rob.antonishen@...155...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: fredag 18 april 2008 20:55:40 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file With Curlz installed, I saved to pdf, converting text to path and got 510kB. Before that, it looked like Helverica and exported at 310... What font is in the angled text boxes in the original? I see no font family in the code...does that get dropped in flowed text? -Rob A> 2008/4/18 Zubin Bharucha <zubinb@...155...>: > Just convert fonts to path and it should be fine! > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Mr. Shawn H. Corey > <shawnhcorey@...1487...> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 17:22 +0000, Stephane Eybert wrote: > > > Thanks for the tip! > > > > > > I will try to use another font. > > > > > > Which one do you recommend..? Arial..? > > > > > > What to do with the two links you provided..? > > > > > > Are they fonts I can embed in my svg file and pdf file..? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > PDF has 14 Standard Type 1 Fonts which are always available and not > > loaded in the PDF file: > > > > Times－Roman Helvetica Courier Symbol > > Times－Bold Helvetica－Bold Courier－Bold ZapfDingbats > > Times－Italic Helvetica-Oblique Courier－Oblique > > Times-BoldItalic Helvetica－BoldOblique Courier－BoldOblique > > > > The one that is closes to Arial is Helvetica. It may or may not be > > available on your machine. And sorry, don't know where to download it. > > > > See the PDF Reference Manual for more details: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html > > > > > > > > -- > > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > > Shawn > > > > When I was in college, my Karate instructor said, > > "The first hundred are easy." > > Since then, I discovered he'd lied. > > Life's too big to describe in hundreds. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user __________________________________________________________ Går det långsamt? Skaffa dig en snabbare bredbandsuppkoppling. Sök och jämför hos Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100015813-bredband.html?partnerId=96914325

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

So here is the results of my attempt at text to pathing... I ungrouped all texts and did a text to path action on each selected text. Afterwards I could not edit the texts anymore. I suppose this is normal as it was no text any longer but shapes. I also had three texts changing colors when doing the text to path, I don't know why. These were new colors. But I can't have them in my design. Prior to doing this text to pathing, I had saved my file under another name. The file size of the two files stayed the same and the text to pathing did not reduce the file size. Same for the pdf version that stayed in its large identical size. Sorry for being slow... Thanks Stephane ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Zubin Bharucha <zubinb@...155...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: fredag 18 april 2008 20:18:21 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file Just convert fonts to path and it should be fine! On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <shawnhcorey@...1487...> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 17:22 +0000, Stephane Eybert wrote: > > Thanks for the tip! > > > > I will try to use another font.. > > > > Which one do you recommend..? Arial..? > > > > What to do with the two links you provided..? > > > > Are they fonts I can embed in my svg file and pdf file..? > > > > Thanks! > > > PDF has 14 Standard Type 1 Fonts which are always available and not > loaded in the PDF file: > > Times－Roman Helvetica Courier Symbol > Times－Bold Helvetica－Bold Courier－Bold ZapfDingbats > Times－Italic Helvetica-Oblique Courier－Oblique > Times-BoldItalic Helvetica－BoldOblique Courier－BoldOblique > > The one that is closes to Arial is Helvetica. It may or may not be > available on your machine. And sorry, don't know where to download it. > > See the PDF Reference Manual for more details: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html > > > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn > > When I was in college, my Karate instructor said, > "The first hundred are easy." > Since then, I discovered he'd lied. > Life's too big to describe in hundreds. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user ___________________________________________________ Sök efter kärleken! Hitta din tvillingsjäl på Yahoo! Dejting: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;185753627;24584539;x?http://se.meetic.yahoo.n…

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

First, I'm impressed of the help you guys provide! That is so cool! I didn't expect such a community... So I understand I need to convert the fonts to paths. I googled to find out how to do that but could not see much on how to go. I have several questions then... 1- How to do a font to path move..? Should I select the whole document and text to path its unique object, or should I degroup each text object and text to path them one by one..? 2- Can It reverse the font to path move..? 3- Can I still edit the text and change its font once I did the font to path move..? Thanks! Stephane ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Zubin Bharucha <zubinb@...155...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: fredag 18 april 2008 20:18:21 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file Just convert fonts to path and it should be fine! On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <shawnhcorey@...1487...> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 17:22 +0000, Stephane Eybert wrote: > > Thanks for the tip! > > > > I will try to use another font. > > > > Which one do you recommend..? Arial..? > > > > What to do with the two links you provided..? > > > > Are they fonts I can embed in my svg file and pdf file..? > > > > Thanks! > > > PDF has 14 Standard Type 1 Fonts which are always available and not > loaded in the PDF file: > > Times－Roman Helvetica Courier Symbol > Times－Bold Helvetica－Bold Courier－Bold ZapfDingbats > Times－Italic Helvetica-Oblique Courier－Oblique > Times-BoldItalic Helvetica－BoldOblique Courier－BoldOblique > > The one that is closes to Arial is Helvetica. It may or may not be > available on your machine. And sorry, don't know where to download it. > > See the PDF Reference Manual for more details: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html > > > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn > > When I was in college, my Karate instructor said, > "The first hundred are easy." > Since then, I discovered he'd lied. > Life's too big to describe in hundreds. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user __________________________________________________________ Låna pengar utan säkerhet. Jämför vilkor online hos Yahoo! http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100390123-lan-utan-sakerhet.html?partnerId=96915…

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Thanks for the tip! I will try to use another font. Which one do you recommend..? Arial..? What to do with the two links you provided..? Are they fonts I can embed in my svg file and pdf file..? Thanks! ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Rob Antonishen <rob.antonishen@...155...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: fredag 18 april 2008 19:16:33 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file I think it is the fonts you are using with the default convert font to path export. Curlz http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/agfa/curlz-mt/ and Maiandra http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/galapagos/maiandra/gd/ aren't on most systems (on mine your svg files render as ariel). The font has a lot of information in the letters that has to be rendered out, hence the large file size... -Rob A> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Stephane Eybert <mittiprovence@...328...> wrote: > > There are some blurs around two short sentences. But even before I put these > blurs, the pdf file was already very large. > > I don't think there is gradient, not that I know at least :-) I'm a > beginner. > > Here is the link to the svg file: > > http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.svg > > For now it is a bit useless for I can't send it in pdf. > > Hope someone will figure out why it's so large. > > Cheers! > > > > > > rygle wrote: > > > > > > Stephane Eybert wrote: > >> > >> ...the PDF file size is in the megabytes... when my svg file is very > >> small. > >> > > > > The pdf export is not perfect, but I believe that some of the problem is > > with the PDF format itself. Your document probably has blurs, or gradients > > or similar features that are unsupported by PDF and therefore have to be > > rendered using bitmaps. > > > > Rygle. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Saving-as-PDF-creates-a-very-large-file-tp16762340p16… > > > Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user _________________________________________________________ Flyger tiden iväg? Fånga dagen med Yahoo! Mails inbyggda kalender. Dessutom 250 MB gratis, virusscanning och antispam. Få den på: http://se.mail.yahoo.com

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Mesh Gradient Tool
by Charlie H 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi! I just want to know is there a future for Inkscape to have the Mesh Gradient Tool? The Mesh Gradient Tool is a very powerful tool. Is there a source code that can be easily install into Inkscape? Thank you, Charlie _________________________________________________________________ Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refres…

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

I shall provide a link to the svg file this evening. Cheers ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: fredag 18 april 2008 11:05:27 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Stephane Eybert <mittiprovence@...328...> wrote: > But the PDF file size is in the megabytes... when my svg file is very small. It is impossible to answer your question unless you provide the source svg. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF..net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user ___________________________________________________ Sök efter kärleken! Hitta din tvillingsjäl på Yahoo! Dejting: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;185753627;24584539;x?http://se.meetic.yahoo.n…

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Little Hedley's adventures with clipping paths
by Hedley Finger 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

I grabbed an SVG file from Wikipedia that showed the infamous CIE 1931 chromaticity horseshoe to modify for an article I was writing. When opened in Inkscape, instead of the horseshoe there was a rectangular pixmap with the outlines of the horseshoe embedded in it. Time for Mr Clipping Path to come to the rescue. Except there were some weird results when trying to use the diagram, now with the horseshoe clipped out of the background pixmap so that it appeared as it does in the Wikipedia article: * When imported into FrameMaker, the diagram appeared perfectly. (This is weird, because invariably FM introduces artefacts such as strange lines and white rectangles, requiring one to create a PDF of the SVG for import.) * When 'printed' to Adobe PDF, the resultant PDF file showed (a) a solid clipping outline as expected and (b) the actual colour horseshoe reduced in size and skewed to the right but still within the path, sort of like a jelly that has slumped on a hot summer's day. * When exported to PDF via Cairo, the clipping path had gone AWOL so that the PDF appeared as the SVG when I first opened it, a full rectangular pixmap. * When exported to EPS, the background pixmap also appeared unclipped as for the Cairo PDF. Is anyone else experiencing these kinds of problems with clipping paths? Should this be logged as a bug? Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger@...2483...>

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T e s t i n g postmaster check
by Hedley Finger 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

DELETE THIS TEST MESSAGE

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Rolling OpenVG into Inkscape?
by Anthony Walter 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi all. As a programmer I was wondering, have any of Inkscape developers had looked into OpenVG? http://www.khronos.org/openvg/ For those of you who don't know about OpenVG, it can be summarized as an open cross platform C style API for drawing vector graphics, including but not limited to: Stroked paths with customizable stroke styling Filled paths with customizable colors, gradients, and patterns Images and image filters Pretty much the same thing Cairo does, but with (I believe) a greater potential for hardware acceleration. I read about people people riding OpenVG on top of OpenGL, and maybe someday hardware vendors might even put out an OpenVG enabled driver. One can hope. I found this free with source project which piggy backs OpenVG over OpenGL: http://zrusin.blogspot.com/2007/01/openvg_116899762231694078.html Also there is this commercial implementation of OpenVG: http://www.amanithvg.com/project.html ... and videos of what can be done with the above OpenVG implementation here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ceiKZyGEHE If you watch the video you will see the benefits using hardware accelerated OpenVG. Namely those are: Blazingly fast vector graphics Real time vector graphic movement and animation The CPU is freed up as most of the processing is moved over to the GPU A standard 2D vector API for the major operating systems Anyhow, I wanted to pick your brains about OpenVG. I'd really like have programming access to a hardware accelerated 2D vector API and wanted to meet up with others would are looking for the same.

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Inkscape 0.46 Filter effects - Embossing
by heathenx 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

I have a project that I'm working on where I would like to apply an emboss style effect onto some text. Bear in mind that I am still learning how to use filters. There are many things to tweak to get an effect just so. My problem is that when I add this effect I get a lighter shaded rectangle applied as well. Does anyone know how to get rid of this artifact. I have attached an svg and a png for dissection if anyone is interesting in looking at it. The majority of the effect settings came from a wiki that I was reading somewhere but I'm unable to find it now. heathenx

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