April 2020 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Importing .ai gets cut off in Inkscape how to change width of import.
by Richard Anthony Horan 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

I am importing a file from Illustrator of the newest version. My file is wide and gets cut off. How do I stop it from being cropped on import.

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How to create curved text box
by Joe Duarte 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Hi all – I'm trying to design some coins and need to place text such that it wraps along the curved rim of the coin. I can't figure out how to get a text box to curve or wrap. Any ideas? Here's a photo of a silver coin that has text like I've described: https://imgur.com/gallery/CuugtEA Thanks, JD

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Inkscape 1.0-rc1 (Release Candidate) and Inkscape 0.92.5 released
by Marc Jeanmougin 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

================ Inkscape 1.0-rc1 ================ We are about to release the long-awaited Inkscape 1.0 version which has a ton of new features and most notably runs on GTK 3 to provide decent support for macOS and HiDPI screens. We consider the state of this branch to be stable enough to warrant large user testing to prepare for the launch. A big thanks to all our developers, testers, translators, bug triagers, and vectors who are making this release possible! >> Download on https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0rc1/ << AppImage and snap are available for Linux users as well as a ppa coming soon, Installers (.exe, .msi) and portable app (.7z) are available for Windows and a .dmg is available for macOS. The full changelog can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0 Please report all bugs you find on https://inkscape.org/report so that they can be triaged and fixed. =============== Inkscape 0.92.5 =============== Inkscape has launched the latest version in the 0.92 series, namely version 0.92.5. This update is a bugfix release, and its most notable improvements are python3 support for extensions, and better user font detection for Windows 10. >> Download on https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.5/ << The full changelog can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92.5 ============ Translations ============ We are always on the look for translators in most languages, and if you feel that the translation for your language is not complete or could be improved, feel free to join our translator teams by subscribing to our translators mailing-lists on https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-translator.lists.inksca… ======== Join us! ======== There is always room for new contributors! If you want to join and help the Inkscape project on the development side, or on your areas of expertise (whether it is documentation, translation, outreach to new users, promotion, UX research, etc.), all help is appreciated and we can help you find your place in the project. Feel free to contact us on IRC (#inkscape on freenode) or on https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/inkscape_user Thanks everyone! -- The Inkscape team ;)

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GitHub renders it.
by microsoft gaofei 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

https://github.com/vivebox/TREE3/blob/master/TREE(3).svg , GitHub renders it, but inkscape doesn't. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/href , they've deprecated xlink namespace, however, inkscape still uses some outdated attributes.

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