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Thanks for your votes! We have our new "Draw Freely" font!
by C R 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

And the winner (by quite a bit, actually) is Euphoria Script! Thanks to everyone for the votes and helping us choose a new open font. The new font will be deployed to the website and relevant graphics. You can start using it now in your inkscape-related materials by downloading it here: (includes font and ofl license files). http://www.opendesignstudio.org/inkscape/euphoria_script.zip Have fun, and thanks again for the help! -C

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towards a less confusing/congested Objects dialog (auto-expanding layers/groups, hide HL column)
by Brynn 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I'm just having my first look at the new Objects dialog in 0.92pre2(beta) on Windows 7, 64-bit, sp1 (exe installer). I was about to submit a wishlist item on Launchpad, but I think it might be more useful to have more of a discussion, because there's a good chance I don't understand all the issues. First, thanks developers for this awesome feature. For the most part, I LOVE it!! I notice that whenever I select an object, (when the Objects dialog is open), the layer where the object resides is expanded, whether I want to edit the object or not. If the selected object is a group, the group is expanded as well. So just looking around the canvas at a couple of objects, the dialog is already scrolling. I find it quite confusing with everything expanded. And this is still a relatively small file, with 4 layers and 25 to 30 objects. Of course I realize the purpose of this new dialog is to help make things less confusing. But I just mean the visual appearance is confusing. I can understand how this automatic expanding of layers can be helpful. But how can Inkscape know why I've selected an object? For example, when I'm helping someone in the forum, I'm not planning to edit the file at all - just look at it. I wonder if it would work to make the automatic expanding optional (in Inkscape Prefs)? Or, I wonder if there would be any way to make it so that whenever you select an object in a different layer from the last selected object, the layer of the last selected object is collapsed, and the layer of the new selected object is expanded. Could that work? Different from expanding layers, I see the HL column, with all those tiny red color chips represent the highlight color for the path outline. If the user has disabled the path outline, could this column be hidden? Thanks for comments :-) brynn

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suggest Pen tool set to reg bez curve mode for 0.92 stable
by Brynn 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I've just downloaded 0.92pre2(beta) 64-bit for Windows (exe installer) so I could dabble around to potentially submit something for the About Screen Contest. When I enabled the Pen/Bezier tool for the first time, it was automatically in BSplinePath mode. I suggest, for both the sanity of new users and the sanity of people who regularly help new users, that in the stable version it should instead be automatically set to Regular Bezier mode (or whatever the user had been using previously....although I don't think the tool mode is part of preferences.xml). I know that you probably want to promote interesting new features, but I'm afraid this would be seen as more of an annoyance, than promoting the new feature. This is one of the reasons that so many people are hestitant to upgrade their computer programs. Because the new versions *always* work differently, and people have to waste time trying to restore their program's previous behavior (or make their program look like it used to) (or sometimes they have to actually learn new things to be able to keep using it). Please don't make Inkscape upgrades more annoying than fun, and find a better way to promote new features. Maybe something like a What's New page on the website -- that's not the same thing as Release Notes, and only covers new features. I'd be glad to help write such a page. Or maybe *do* use the Release Notes page, and make a link from inside Inkscape to it....like maybe in the File menu or Help menu, have a What's New item. I'm sure there could be several options to promote new features without risking annoying users. And by the way developers, thanks for all the cool new features! Just don't force them on me ;-) Thanks for listening, brynn

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New video of rotate workspace
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hi all! Because the feeddback for the previous video, I update it a bit. To enter in rotate mode you need SpaceBar+RightClick. or use the new widget in the bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orpb-Be4Z4A Thanks to all viewers, and people involved. Cheers, Jabier.

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Inkscape 0.92 About Screen Contest
by Josh Andler 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hey all! The Inkscape team and community is winding down development and preparing to release Inkscape 0.92. With the upcoming release, we need to have a new About Screen done. This brings us to the Inkscape 0.92 About Screen Contest! This time we are hosting the contest on our website. For contest rules, more info, and to submit your entry please visit http://inkscape.org/community/about-screen-contests/ Deadline: November 13, 2016

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HSL tab in 0.92pre2(beta)
by Brynn 23 Oct '16

23 Oct '16

Hi Friends, There seems to be some drastic changes in the HSL tab of the Fill and Stroke dialog. I've looked through the Release Notes page, but I don't see any info. Did I just not see it? These are my questions: The top bar used have colors from red on the left to red on the right, and every other color in between. And if you wanted precision, you could use the numbers from 0 to 255 to set the color. But now, the top bar is something else entirely. It goes from white on the left, to some 2nd color in the middle (red) to some 3rd color on the right (aqua). But *none* of those 3 colors are the color of the object (which I initially set from the palette along the bottom). If I slide the bar, it doesn't change the color I set to white, the 2nd color or the 3rd color. It sets some other odd colors. How can I adjust the color now - especially if I don't want to use the palette to start with? There's now a new 5th bar at the bottom, under the Alpha bar. It goes from white on the left, to the middle color, which is not the color of the object, back to white on the right. Adjusting that bar seems to have no effect on the color of the object at all. Changing the number value doesn't do anything either. What is it for? The bars on the HSL tab used to be labeled, like the bars are still labeled on the RGB and CMYK tabs. If they were labeled, it might at least give me a clue. Thanks for your help :-) brynn

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Test About Screen Contest
by Martin Owens 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Dear Users, I've just updated the website software to host our About Screen Contest. I'll be running the real contest very shortly, but before then I need your help. There is a new gallery which should contain all entries to the contest here: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/about-test-contes t/ This software update to the website is new, so expect a bug here or there, but please do try and submit an entry. You can submit an old entry or a new entry, it's up to you. It will: Stop you uploading anything other than svg files, uploading to the wrong category, uploading using the wrong license, uploading the wrong image size (fixed size in the contest rules of 750x625). If you find any faults with these or other errors, please respond to me here on the mailing list, privately by email or by submitting a bug report to inkscape-web on launchpad. Thanks a lot! Best Regards, Martin Owens Webmaster

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Gradients along a path?
by /#!/JoePea 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Is there a way to do this in inkscape? For example, is there a way in Inkscape to do something similar to http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4163057, but using the Inkscape UI, not writing code? - Joe */#!/*JoePea

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Answers section: Brazilian Portuguese question
by Maren Hachmann 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Hi everyone, on launchpad, we now have a question in Brazilian. Would someone be able to help, by explaining a bit about photo vectorization / background removal? https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/403098 If you can help, please also subscribe to the question, in case the user wants to thank you or needs more help. Kind Regards, Maren

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Answers section: Spanish question about changing font size
by Maren Hachmann 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Hi everyone, would someone help a Spanish-speaking user by explaining how to set defaults for the text tool? While I do understand the question, I don't think I'd be able to answer in Spanish in a way that the user will understand... Plus, I'd like to get more different people to answer questions there, until we can direct users somewhere else ;-) The question in question is here: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/403034 Thank you! Regards, Maren

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Free SVG ebook from Oreilly
by Victor Westmann 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hi everyone, It talks about Modern SVG, it's free and Inkscape is in page 29, 30, 31 and in page 32 there's a screenshot of Inksape. Just wanted to share this. Sorry if it is off topic. http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/modern-svg.csp?download=yes&order=… Kind Regards, --Victor Westmann

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new inkscape extension - draw ratchet
by Kie 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Hiya all, thanks for all your work on inkscape. Following the recommendation at : https://inkscape.org/en/develop/extensions/ here is a short message to let you know that I have uploaded a small extension to draw ratchets. - variable number of teeth - variable inner and outer diameter - curved or straight horizontal and vertical lines for teeth - optional inner circle Not sure if this is the right mailing list or if this little extension will be of use to anyone. I wrote it to fill a need that I had and it works as intended so enjoy... Kie

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Workspace rotation
by Jabier Arraiza 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Hi! My last work. Still need a bit of work on exports... Maybe I need to add shortcuts to in/decrease 45 degree... https://youtu.be/utFQve7ofJk Enjoy!

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iinkscpe vecter typo into Gimp almost sudden loss of clarity yet not into Scribus!?
by David Burden 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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Russian question in answers section
by Maren Hachmann 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Hi everybody, is there anyone who could potentially help answer a question asked in Russian (I think it's about printing, if my Cyrillic reading abilities don't fault me) in the answers section on launchpad? https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/402755 Don't forget to subscribe yourself to the question to receive any answers ;-) Thanks a lot! Regards, Maren

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looking for a forum host
by brynn 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi Friends, As some of you know, a small committee has been investigating the possibility of creating a new "official" Inkscape forum. All along, we've been pretty much expecting that OSUOSL would host it for us (since they already host our website and wiki). However, after an initial request (nearly 6 weeks ago), an updated request (~10 days later), and a 3rd contact (which was just last week) we still have no response from them. Assuming they would notify us, even if the answer is 'no', we think they are probably still working on it, and have not made a decision yet. But we're starting to think the answer might well be 'no', and we're starting to research about other ways to host this forum. So we want to tap the resources of the whole community, and ask if anyone knows of any either open-source-friendly webhost besides OSUOSL, or maybe some kind of program which might pay hosting fees for an open source project (in the event we can't find a free host). Note that the so-called "free webhosting" sites would probably not be acceptable, since they usually accomplish making it free, by loading the site up with advertising. One idea which might be feasible, is setting up some kind of crowd funding, to create the capital for some kind of money-market fund or something like a trust, whose income would pay the monthly fee. The reason why it's such a big "might" is because it would take some time for this fund to reach the point where it could cover the fees (and we hope to get the forum online much sooner than that would take). I've offered, and I'm sure a lot of people in the community might volunteer to pay or help to pay the fees. But that puts us in a similar situation which we're trying to remedy with this effort (i.e. a single owner potentially disappearing). I would consider this to be a last resort. Has anyone heard of any webhost that might meet our needs; or maybe some kind of program which would pay the hosting fees? Thank you very much, brynn (for the committee)

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Placement of render extension output
by Carlos Pita 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi all, I'm using the render/latex extension and the output is usually placed at some position of the drawing area pretty far from the image. I would like to know: i. If there is a way to shrink the drawing area so that it just fits the image without extending "infinitely". ii. If there is a way to control the position of the output of render extensions. iii. If there is some rationale behind the way the output is currently positioned I'm missing out. Thank you in advance -- Carlos

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measure curved lines for pap or scatter
by brynn 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi Friends, Lately I've been attempting to use the Scatter extension to create a pattern along path type of effect, on curved lines. I use Scatter because it creates very little distortion while pap creates a lot of distortion around even mild curves. But there is something about the Scatter extension that doesn't work so well, and that's the offsets. Maybe it's because they are curves, that sometimes the normal offset behaves more like tangential, and vice versa. In any case, I'm trying to come up with some way to use it more effectively on curved lines, and I thought, if only there were some way to measure the curved lines, I could set the size of the pattern units, so patterned path perfectly fits the path (in whole pattern units). Of course I could make the calculations on something like a circle, because either I can remember the formula or look it up. I don't know any easy way to measure randomly curved paths in Inkscape. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who has run into this problem. I wonder if anyone has found any effective approach to this problem? I'd appreciate if you could share any tips! Thank you very much, brynn

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Italian plotter question in answers section - Help needed!
by Maren Hachmann 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

Hi everyone, please, if you speak Italian and know a little about how Inkscape works together with plotters, could you try and help answer an Italian-speaking user's question in the Inkscape answers section at launchpad? https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/401431 (remember to subscribe to the question, so you will receive any answers and thank you's ;-) ) Thank you! Regards, Maren

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[SPAM] good news
by asterof 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hey friend, I've got good news for you! You're gonna be pleasantly surprised)) Please read it here <http://set.mieldealiste.com/aerrys> Bests, asterof

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Gimp to SVG · Batch Mode
by Jabier Arraiza 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Hi, I just commit a github to export images to SVG. Currently support: Batch mode (GUI and Command line) Export jpg, png,gif,bmp,tiff Export a XCF files (With nested layers, text as image or text...) https://github.com/jabiertxof/Gimp-to-SVG I hope you like it. Cheers, Jabier.

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"Permanently Banned from Forum"
by Philip Rhoades 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

People, Because of this mistake: "Re: Architectural drawings? Postby Lazur URH » Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:19 pm Off topic: Sorry for the missing post by philip_rhoades, seems I made a big mistake. Will try to fix it." I keep getting a message that I have been "Permanently Banned from the Forum" - I have been waiting for a quite a while now and have sent a number of notes to the Administrator but the problem has not been fixed - does anyone have any influence that can help get this problem resolved? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Making Screen Units and SVG Units the same
by Philip Rhoades 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

People, When I create a new image, I get a page that, in Landscape mode, is 800 units wide and 600 units high. I know that the origin for the SVG y-axis is at the top-left of the screen and the positive direction is down and the reverse is the case for the Inkscape y-axis and I am not concerned for this exercise about printed output. I just want the absolute units on the screen to correspond to the absolute units in the SVG file that Inkscape produces - is this possible? (I couldn't find anything in the program or Googling . .) Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Strange behaviour of Inkscape
by Ted Gould 11 Sep '16

11 Sep '16

Hello Henry, We have an Inkscape User mailing list that is a great place to ask about questions like this, I went ahead and CC'd it here. It is a great place for finding info on using Inkscape. I think that your problem here is probably related to the origin. Inkscape was designed with a Print mindset, putting the axis in the bottom left corner instead of a computer graphics mindset where it is in the upper left corner. SVG doesn't match that. So that means that Inkscape is translating the positions from the GUI to the SVG document. Good luck! Ted On Sun, 2016-09-11 at 11:15 +0000, Henry wrote: > Hello gentlemen, > > The Question is: How vertical coordinate calculated in Inkscape? > Is there a formula to calculate it? > > I want programarlly put the image at the corner of (0, 0) > coordinates. Actually my purpose is scale the 3406.svg to half width, > keep original height, and put the new scaled image at (0, 0), top > left corner or bottom left corner, never mind. Then I combine another > image at the right area and the two parts must be aligned. > > Please kindly refer the attached python script. > > Could you, Sir, give me any suggestion? > > Best wishes to you and your family! > Henry > > > > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 6:30 PM, Henry <deseaf@...12...> > wrote: > > > Hi Gentlemen, > > Sorry, excuse me. Maybe I should only report this to Mr. Ted Gould, > because I see Mr. Ted is the administrator of Inkscape project on > launchpad. > > Question: > How can I set the x, y of the Horizontal and Vertical coordinate both > to zero in Inkscape and keep the scale value at (0, path-height) of > matrix property in svg file NOT CHANGED. The scale value is the last > two number in matrix property, the x, y of the Horizontal and > Vertical coordinate will change automatically when I set the matrix > property to (0, path-height). On the other hand, the last two number > in matrix property will change automatically when I set the x, y of > the Horizontal and Vertical coordinate. > > Such behaviour of Inkscape troubled and puzzled me, please refer the > attachment. > > Could I report it as a bug or can anyone give me some explain about > it, any help will be great appreciation for me. > > Best Regards, > Henry > > >

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Question in Brazilian Portuguese
by Maren Hachmann 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Hi everyone, in the Inkscape answers section, there's a question in pt-br. Is anyone who speaks the language available to explain the copy-pasting of a gradient from one object to another to a noob in Portuguese? (I understand when it's written, but can't speak or write, and google translate is a bit clunky - also, there's mostly the spammers and me answering any questions in the answers section, I'd like to see that changed ;-)) https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/381073 Thanks! Regards, Maren

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