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scaling fonts
by Gijsbert Stoet 05 May '07

05 May '07

I have a problem with scaling fonts (I am using Inkscape .45 on Ubunty Feisty). 1) Imagine you write some text in fontsize 32. 2) Then you scale the text object without keeping the aspect ration the same. For example you make it smaller 3) Then you select the text object. You will see that the size is smaller, it might be, say 30.2. 4) Then you decide that the text object should be 32. Then you select the text icon on the left and select 32. 5) NOW THE PROBLEM HAPPENS: Inkscape says that the text is 32, but it still keeps the wrong aspect ratio. Of course, you might wonder why this is a problem. What happens is that I need to rescale multiple objects (in step 2, not just text objects) and then afterwards select all text objects and set them to the intended point size. Inkscape seems to keep track of the transformation scale matrix and the aspect ratio. I am sure that has a purpose. But what if I want to say that a text object which has been scaled and transformed multiple time should have a particular font size. That seems impossible right now. Can anybody help me how I could resolve this problem? Thanks for your help! This email was independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were found

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How can I update my Inkscape
by Daniel Salgado 05 May '07

05 May '07

Im using SUSE, I have the 0.42 version of Inkscape. When tryinig to use Yast it dosent let me install becoause it looks as if it was allready installed (but not the version I want).

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Re: [Inkscape-user] How to make shadows with inkscape?
by RoSourceforge 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi peoplw, I found this old message from Hadmut and I need to reproduce his effect. I can't blur the object. I can't find any "blur" command in my italian version. Can you explain me in a more detailed way ? Many thanks, Ro. At 20.19 21/03/2006, you wrote: >Hi, > >how would I create an object with a shadow with inkscape? > >I have attached an example. It is a stripped down SVG file taken from >http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ >which uses a ruby library to generate charts (including pie charts >with shadows) in SVG. > >Basically, the shadow is just a translated copy of the main object, >black, and blurred. > >Any chance to generate such a shadow in inkscape? > > >regards >Hadmut

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Inkscape runs on Max OS 10.3
by jiho 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello everybody, Thanks to the repeated efforts of John Faith, the latest version of Inkscape now seems to run on OS X 10.3 aka. Panther. Many Panther users reported some bugs and were disappointed that the new 0.45 release left them behind. These cruel days are hopefully over! A build is available in Inkscape's development builds repository: http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/?C=M;O=D [pick Inkscape-20070504-10.3.dmg] This build is made from a recent SVN snapshot so it has more features (and potentially more bugs also ;) ) than the 0.45 release. The application is also larger than usual (>100Mb) because it is not stripped from debugging symbols. Currently John is still struggling to complete a compile from a fresh start. Once this is sorted out and once this first build gets some testing, we'll provide a more official build (maybe a 0.45.2 if this is ever planned to happen). Thank you for your patience and thanks again to John who made this happen. JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Paint Bucket Tool
by heathenx 04 May '07

04 May '07

does inkscape .45-1 have a paint bucket tool? if so where is it? i have burned through all of the options and i cannot find it. thanks, heathenx

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Live trace?
by John R. Culleton 04 May '07

04 May '07

Is there a function in Inkscape equivalent to the "live trace" in the latest version of Illustrator? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Creating Abstract Backgrounds
by D. Jones 02 May '07

02 May '07

I was how is it possible in inkscape to change the modes of gradients and layers like in this tutorial. http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/tutorials/abstract-background/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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using current stable and development version of Inkscape
by D. Jones 02 May '07

02 May '07

I was wondering how would I go about using the stable and current development version of inkscape on Windows XP SP2 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Text Dialog... apply button disabled
by Roberto Leibman 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi! I'm trying to write some text and the apply button seems to be off. Furthermore I cannot seem to select the particular font I want. The font is "Myriad Pro Semi Bold Condenesed Italic", in the dialog I only see Myriad Pro, with the various variations (that's on my Ubuntu Feisty installation). On my windows installation I don't see that font at all. Another point is that the font is an OTF file. So, what gives? Thanks! Roberto Leibman

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Logo "contest"
by Alberto Simões 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi First, not a contest because I can't offer anything to the winner. Just to be "the winner". Next, I am just announcing this here, at inkscape users list. Mainly because I want a vectorial logo, but also because I am an inkscape user and love it (but I do not know how to draw anything). Ok, what is the "contest"? I am involved in a project of an 'open dictionary' (dicionário aberto in Portuguese) and I would like to have a logo for it. The actual page is available at http://dicionario-aberto.net and is just in Portuguese (and will be that way forever), but I'll create a page with the received logos (if anyone contribute). We will choose the logo by 13 May. Cheers Alberto -- Alberto Simões

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Native Inkscape on OS X
by Eric Bednarz 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi, I wonder what the current status of a native Inkscape version for OS X (ever since the first announced good news) is (the wiki doesn't really help [me, at least]). To cut it short: * I love Inkscape * OS X is my primary development platform these days (I do have flavours of Windows and GNU/Linux available for testing and special tasks, I'd like to cut that down to testing) * I want my Intuos tablet to work properly with the calligraphy tool (did I mention that I love Inkscape?) * I'd rather pump € worth of a CS3 Illustrator (missed opportunity, as far as I'm concerned ;-) license into a worhtwhile project, if that helps (I don't drink beer anyway [0] :-) [0] Seriously, I encourage everyone thinking about the issue if you can afford it at all -- personally, I'm not exactly getting rich but wealthy enough to start thinking about it. I've gotten more out of free software (or whatever your label is) than I could ever pay back, which is not say that I shouldn't pay back at all, anywhere. Now that I could afford Adobe products, I'd rather invest into freedom (and to me, there are no 'leechers', 'undecided professionals' maybe, which is unconditionally fine :). Thanks, Eric -- ||| hexadecimal EBB o-o decimal 3771 --oOo--( )--oOo-- octal 7273 205 goodbye binary 111010111011

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Setting Fill for a Self-Intersecting Path
by Aaron Elmquist 01 May '07

01 May '07

Here's the deal. I have a bezzer curve that loops back on itself. Basically I drew the out line of a very curvy pipe. When I set the fill the areas that overlap are transparent. Any simple fixes for something like this? I think I could start pushing nodes around and join/cut them, but then I'd loose the outline for the stroke represent that part of this is in the foreground while the rest is behind it.

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Bulleted lists in Inkscape? Hanging indents?
by Niall Mansfield 01 May '07

01 May '07

I want to create a bulleted list in an Inkscape document, along the lines of * the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog * lazy dog quick jumped over * the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog If I have to insert the bullet symbols by hand, that's OK (though not ideal) but is there any way to get the hanging indent on the paragraphs? (In case the layout of this post gets messed up, the list items items should just like the standard bulleted lists on an HTML page.) Thanks, Niall

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Creating blood spatter.
by John R. Culleton 01 May '07

01 May '07

For the cover of a book of detective fiction I want to create an irregular figure like a blood stain or spatter. Can I do this in Inkscape? (Using real blood and a camera was considered but rejected because of lack of a donor :) -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Help! (problem with OS X 10.3.9)
by Adam Lombard 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

I downloaded Inkscape, dragged it to my Apps. When I try to open Inkscape, X11 opens then nothing happens. It sits there forever. Anybody out there have any ideas?? a.l.

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"Scale rounded corners" button doesn't work for clones?
by Jan Kosinski 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Hi, I think the "Scale rounded corners" button doesn't work for clones. When I open the "tutorial-shapes.svg" (Inkscape: Shape tutorial) and select any rectangle with rounded corners I can turn off scaling of rounded corners by releasing the button "Scale rounded corners" (as explained in the tutorial). But when I create a clone of such a rounded rectangle, scaling of rounded corners is not turned off anymore for this cloned rectangle. Scaling is turned off again only if I unlink the clone. Is this behavior a bug? I would like to create a rectangle with rounded corners, clone it several times and rescale each cloned rectangle in different way but do not rescale rounded corners. Do you know how to solve this problem? Thank you in advance, Jan Kosinski :ms

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White overlap in glyphs
by Kyungjoon Lee 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Hi, I found that with some fonts, Inkscape fills parts of letters with white, not black. (With default colour settings.) For example, using the Summersby font: http://packages.debian.org/ttf-summersby I found that the letter X has a white bit where the two lines meet. It goes away if I convert it to paths, but sometimes I'd rather not do that. ----- Most fonts don't show this behaviour, but UnFonts (one of the major free software fonts for the Korean language) do. Could this be a bug? Would it be a bug with Inkscape or the fonts? Cheers, Kyungjoon Lee

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Kochify...
by Tony Vigil 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Terrry, You can get the effect by separating your multi-point line to individual segments, then applying the pattern to path for each segment. It's not the most ideal solution, but it is a workable. I really like your idea of allowing for a single pattern along each segment. Even better... allow the user to specify the number of patterns per segment. This would definitely be a very useful option for the Pattern along Path effect! - Tony ----- Original Message ---- The new patterns along paths is way cool. But am I right in thinking that it won't do one thing that the old kochify effect did - put one copy of the 'pattern' along each internode of the path? I think it would be good if there was another mode - "one copy per internode". Not sure if it makes sense for that to come in stretched, unstretched, snake, and ribbon flavors. Cheers -Terry

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OFFTOPIC: Graphic designers computer setup?
by Jarlath 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

This is way offtopic, but I'm learning Gimp and Inkscape and planned on buying a desktop PC soon and then trying to get some work in graphic design - maybe in a printing company for starters. However, during this learning phase, I've noticed that my 750Mhz / 512MB Ram laptop is doing quite well under Ubuntu. Do any of you think it would be as practical to work on a laptop exclusively? Thanks for reading, Jarlath

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Mimicking illustrator brushes
by D. Jones 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

How would you do that with something such as this? http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-swooshes-and-fancy-corner-desig… Is it possible to add patterns to inkscape like in the gimp or is there some other method It's not directly possible, but you can mimic some of this feature by using the "Pattern along Path" effect and/or the "Tiled Clones" tool. - Tony Is it possible to have something like illustrator brushes in Inkscape? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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graphics tablets
by dwain 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

since we are on the subject, does anyone have an answer as to why i can't make any changes to my settings for the puck and why the settings disappear when i change to the pressure stylus in 0.45.1 and unable to save the settings if i could change them? i had the save problem with the last version along with what i am describing here. wacom graphire3 (usb) with the most recent driver, pen tablet 503-3 (rc) windows xp pro -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Kandinsky

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Graphics Tablets for Inkscape? Recommendations Please.
by John Carter 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

I'm planning on doing a rather Inkscape / Gimp intensive open source project in the next month or three and I'm contemplating buying a Graphics Tablet. Any recommendations on what to buy / not buy for use with Inkscape? For example there are cheapie Genius tablets and there are really expensive Wacom Intuous tablets. Do you really care about features like pen slant? Can Inkscape use it? John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john.carter@...2193... New Zealand

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where are the fonts?
by Daniel Salgado 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Hello to all, this is my first message. Is here where I ask for help? I have somme problems with the fonts, simply I cant push the aply button it apears blur. thaks

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Mimicking illustrator brushes
by Tony Vigil 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

It's not directly possible, but you can mimic some of this feature by using the "Pattern along Path" effect and/or the "Tiled Clones" tool. - Tony ----- Original Message ---- Is it possible to have something like illustrator brushes in Inkscape?

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Mimicking illustrator brushes
by D. Jones 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Is it possible to have something like illustrator brushes in Inkscape? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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