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New Cairo PDF Export mangles font kerning (OS X)
by Yashka Oreza 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

I have an old map project that I've updated for the new year with Inkscape .46 - I then send it off to the printers as a PDF. However this time the old method for PDF export has been removed and replaced by cairo. It works, but the font kerning is all wrong - the letters seem to be spaced too far apart. This is much worse for small font sizes than for large font sizes - could it be an issue of precision? Here are some pictures of a magnified part of my document. PDF: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2406/pdfdv8.png SVG in Inkscape: http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3523/svgnk5.png I never had this problem with .45's PDF export - can I replicate this behavior in the new version? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/New-Cairo-PDF-Export-mangles-font-kerning-%28OS-X%29-… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Bug triaging help needed
by Bryce Harrington 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Heya all, Have you been enjoying Inkscape and wondering about an easy way to contribute back? Bug triaging may be for you! Bug triaging is basically our first line step in the process of handling bugs. It's like being the host in a restaraunt - you don't fix the bugs, you just make sure the reporter has been greeted and find where they should sit. You can see the problem we're trying to solve by just looking at this plot: http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-mont… Or, this one is less intimidating since it shows the progress we'd made prior to the release: http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-half… (There is a friendly navigation web thingee here: http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Plots/) The job is to keep our total # of New bugs at as close to 0 as possible. We're up towards 200 now, so there's a bit of work to get caught up on, but once that's caught up you can see that there's a rate of about 3 new bugs/day. Triaging is pretty easy; anyone can do it - you just need to sign up for a launchpad bug account. (For extra triaging powers you can also join the Inkscape bug team.) Then you read each bug report that comes in, and make sure it has all the necessary information for developers to troubleshoot it. So for example, this may include asking people to include screenshots, steps to reproduce the issue, backtraces, and/or example files; then you set it to Incomplete state. Then, you also review bugs that are in 'Incomplete with response' and check if they've included the needed info, and move them into Completed state. You can see the bugs still in Incomplete state via the Plots link above. And that's pretty much it. If you are looking for a way to contribute some help to Inkscape that doesn't require an extensive time commitment, this is one of the easiest ways to make a difference. Plus it's addictive! You can track your "karma score" at this link: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+topcontributors Getting yourself up into the top 5 is a good challenge if you have the interest and time to put into it. Karma degrades over time, so even if you're starting from 0 you have a chance to catch up and pass the long timers! Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] pdf files slow to appe
by Stephane Eybert 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

I removed the ellipses in the background. I don't know where to file the bug report you talked about. Would you have a url..? I reposted the pdf files still at http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf http://www..thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf The problem now is with the fonts. First the texts don't look so straight, and second some spacing appears within words in the pdf files (see the french http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf at "Le web est notre langue commune") where there is none in the svg files. Which fonts should I use..? I do not need anything fancy at all, just working fonts to get an okay looking pdf file. Cheers ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@...2497...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: söndag 20 april 2008 11:33:59 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] pdf files slow to appe Stephane Eybert wrote: > Dear all, > > I installed inkscape 0.46 on Kubuntu 8.04 and can now save as pdf with > pdf files having a very reasonable file size of barely under 100kb. Good! > > But I still have an issue and wonder if there isn't something wrong with > my pdf files. > > I have put them at > > http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf > > http://www.thalasoft..com/brochure_se.pdf > <http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf> > > http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf > > for you to see. > > They are very slow to load up in the kpdf reader, something like 10 > seconds to appear. The problem is the ellipses in the background are each drawn in the PDF with an soft mask due to the fill/stroke opacity set to less than 100%. This means each individual ellipse is drawn to an image buffer the size of the page, the mask function is drawn to another image buffer the size of the page. The ellipse image is then composited with the mask image back on to the page. With all the ellipses on the page this is not going to be fast. The workaround is to set the master opacity to 100% and instead use the alpha in the stroke paint to control the transparency. This is something that should be optimized in Inkscape. Currently Inkscape calls cairo_paint_with_alpha() when the opacity is less then 100%. This is required to handle the general case of drawing a combined fill and stroke to prevent a translucent stroke compositing with the fill. Calling cairo_paint_with_alpha() results in a soft mask being used in the PDF file. If only a fill or stroke is drawn, Inkscape should instead adjust the alpha value of the fill or stroke and avoid calling cairo_paint_with_alpha(). I suggest filing a bug requesting this optimization and attaching your SVG and PDF files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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pdf files slow to appe
by Stephane Eybert 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear all, I installed inkscape 0.46 on Kubuntu 8.04 and can now save as pdf with pdf files having a very reasonable file size of barely under 100kb. Good! But I still have an issue and wonder if there isn't something wrong with my pdf files. I have put them at http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf for you to see. They are very slow to load up in the kpdf reader, something like 10 seconds to appear.. Are you having the same time delay when opening these pdf files..? Cheers __________________________________________________________ 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] [Inkscape-devel] Bug triaging help needed
by Bryce Harrington 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

There is an option for this on the Advanced Search page (via the advanced link next to the search button.) There's several other useful search modifiers there. I like "sort by most recently changed" and "has patch attached". Bryce On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 12:57:54PM -0500, Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art wrote: > Quick question: > > how do you look at "Incomplete with Response" bugs? I'm sure it's easy, > but I'm just not figuring out how. > > JF > > Bryce Harrington wrote: > > Heya all, > > > > Have you been enjoying Inkscape and wondering about an easy way to > > contribute back? Bug triaging may be for you! > > > > Bug triaging is basically our first line step in the process of handling > > bugs. It's like being the host in a restaraunt - you don't fix the > > bugs, you just make sure the reporter has been greeted and find where > > they should sit. > > > > You can see the problem we're trying to solve by just looking at this > > plot: > > > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-mont… > > > > Or, this one is less intimidating since it shows the progress we'd made > > prior to the release: > > > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-half… > > > > (There is a friendly navigation web thingee here: > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Plots/) > > > > The job is to keep our total # of New bugs at as close to 0 as > > possible. We're up towards 200 now, so there's a bit of work to get > > caught up on, but once that's caught up you can see that there's a rate > > of about 3 new bugs/day. > > > > Triaging is pretty easy; anyone can do it - you just need to sign up for > > a launchpad bug account. (For extra triaging powers you can also join > > the Inkscape bug team.) Then you read each bug report that comes in, > > and make sure it has all the necessary information for developers to > > troubleshoot it. > > > > So for example, this may include asking people to include screenshots, > > steps to reproduce the issue, backtraces, and/or example files; then you > > set it to Incomplete state. > > > > Then, you also review bugs that are in 'Incomplete with response' and > > check if they've included the needed info, and move them into Completed > > state. You can see the bugs still in Incomplete state via the Plots > > link above. > > > > And that's pretty much it. If you are looking for a way to contribute > > some help to Inkscape that doesn't require an extensive time commitment, > > this is one of the easiest ways to make a difference. Plus it's > > addictive! You can track your "karma score" at this link: > > > > https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+topcontributors > > > > Getting yourself up into the top 5 is a good challenge if you have the > > interest and time to put into it. Karma degrades over time, so even if > > you're starting from 0 you have a chance to catch up and pass the long > > timers! > > > > Bryce > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > >

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

19 Apr '08

Okay. Then how to get these fonts into inkscape..? They must be bought somewhere and install..? Isn't there any font in inkscape that is present by default in pdf..? Thanks ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Mr. Shawn H. Corey <shawnhcorey@...1487...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: lördag 19 april 2008 2:02:05 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 23:24 +0000, Stephane Eybert wrote: > 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. Sorry, these are the standard fonts that are available in PDF. That is a flaw in Inkscape: if they have an export as PDF, then they should also have the PDF standard fonts available. -- 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 ___________________________________________________ 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 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

On my Kubuntu Linux the libcairo is the following: Package libcairo is a virtual package provided by: libcairo2 1.4.10-1ubuntu4.4 I went to the libcairo website at https://launchpad.net/libcairo and apparently the latest release is cairo-1.5.20.tar.gz Cheers ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@...2497...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: lördag 19 april 2008 12:17:32 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file Stephane Eybert wrote: > So I reinstalled inkscape and now have the 0.46 build April 8 2008 with > Cairo. > > I did a save as pdf, I did not check the convert text to path checkbox, > and the pdf file is still 1.5mb. > > How to check for the version of cairo...? If you open the PDF and look in the document properties of your PDF viewer it will tell you the version of cairo that created the PDF. You can also check your distro package installer to see what version of libcairo is installed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Pressure sensitivity using Tablet Laptop
by Manuel Alexandre Pouchon 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear Group, I have installed the latest Inkscape (0.46) onto my tablet laptop "Lenovo X61 Tablet" under Vista SP1. I try to use the pressure sensitive features of the pen, but Inkscape does not show the tablet/pen under the external input devices (of course not, it is internal). Does anyone know a trick how I can trigger Inkscape to recognize the pressure sensitivity of the pen? (First I thought that the pen was not pressure sensitive, but using the M$ Office "Ink Annotations"-tool, it is). Thanks a lot for your help! Manuel

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

19 Apr '08

So I reinstalled inkscape and now have the 0.46 build April 8 2008 with Cairo. I did a save as pdf, I did not check the convert text to path checkbox, and the pdf file is still 1.5mb. How to check for the version of cairo...? ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@...2497...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: lördag 19 april 2008 11:56:22 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file Stephane Eybert wrote: > Okay. Then how to get these fonts into inkscape..? > > They must be bought somewhere and install..? > > Isn't there any font in inkscape that is present by default in pdf..? > > Thanks > > > > ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- > Från: Mr. Shawn H. Corey <shawnhcorey@...1487...> > Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Skickat: lördag 19 april 2008 2:02:05 > Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file > > On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 23:24 +0000, Stephane Eybert wrote: > > 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. > > Sorry, these are the standard fonts that are available in PDF. That is > a flaw in Inkscape: if they have an export as PDF, then they should > also have the PDF standard fonts available. The cairo PDF exporter in Inkscape 0.46 does not support creating PDF files that uses, but does not embed, the 14 standard PostScript fonts. Cairo subsets the fonts it embeds so the embedded fonts do not take up much space. The standard fonts feature has been deprecated since PDF 1.5 and it is now recommended that all fonts used in the PDF are embdeded. If you are having problems with large PDF files sizes I recommend ensuring that Inkscape is using version 1.6 or later of cairo and the "Convert text to paths" option is not set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Saving as PDF creates a very large file
by Stephane Eybert 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Hello, I have a brochure in an svg file. I tried to save it as PDF using inkscape 0.46 on Linux Kubuntu. But the PDF file size is in the megabytes... when my svg file is very small. How come it gets to big in PDF..? What can I do to have a normal size PDF file..? Cheers -- 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.

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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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0.46 on MacOS.X(Leopard) in Japanese
by unknown＠example.com 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

I'm using Inkscape 0.46 on Leopard in Japanese. But, original dmg package shows English in UI. And User fonts wasn't shown in fonts list. So, I modified following 2 files for Japanese. /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts/fonts.conf file named "inkscape" had change as following. 1. Comment out form 60 to 62 by using '#'. 2. Add line 63 [export LANG="`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleLocale`.UT F-8"] because, original command works as [export LANG=sjis.UTF-8] and gets no result . file named "fonts.conf" had change as following. 1. Add [<dir>~/Library/Fonts</dir>] in 'Font directory list' section. Then, Inkscape 0.46 works great! But, I'm not expert for this kind things. Please, let me know, if there are some other better way. Best regards. Shinobu Kimura

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0.46 autopackage
by Andriy Kopets 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear All, Just wondering whether anyone knows how is the autopackage for 0.46 doing? I actually tried to compile it, but there are so many libraries needed, I added like half of them, but its wicked tough to straighten it out. Some libraries it doesnt see. Anyways. The 0.45 autopackage was awesome. I am running ubuntu and both installation and removal were a breeze. Thank you for input, Andrew

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SVG Open conference, looking for a Inkscape presentation and course
by Andreas Neumann 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hello Inkscape Developers and Users, The SVG Open 2008 will take place in Nuremberg, Germany, from August 26 to 29. We would appreciate if we could have one or more presentations and a course on Inkscape. We could also have a Inkscape presentation as a keynote at the conference. See http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_presenters for more information. We are also still looking for course instructors: courses will be 150 minutes in length, course instructors will receive a free conference pass. See http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_workshops for more information. Please contact me if you have questions and submit your paper abstracts and course proposals at http://www.svgopen.org/ Official Call for Papers: ------------------------- Call for Papers, SVG Open 2008 http://www.svgopen.org/ The 6th international conference on Scalable Vector Graphics will take place from August 26 to 28 in Nuremberg, Southern Germany. At this conference you can learn about subjects varying from specialized technical visualizations to interactive multimedia art. On the program there are presentations, beginner and advanced level workshops, a technical exhibition, and the opportunity to meet people from the SVG community, industry and the W3C SVG Working Group. The SVG Open 2008 organizing committee is looking for contributors presenting a paper or teaching a course. Presenters are asked to submit an extended abstract in English with an approximate length of 400 to 800 words by April 18, 2008. The abstracts are reviewed by a reviewing committee and presenters will be informed about acceptance on or before May 15, 2008. If your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to submit your full paper by August 1, 2008, according to instructions that will be sent to you. Accepted abstracts, papers and presentations will be published on the conference hand-outs and web proceedings. Paper Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.svgopen.org/ until April 18. Following is a list of potential presentation topics: * Mobile (handheld, in-car) Solutions * SVG Authoring Tools * Publishing and Printing with SVG * SVG Text and Internationalization * Accessibility of SVG * Location-based Services * Business Cases and Case Studies * Workflow for Creating and Using SVG * SVG and Digital Television * Graphic Design with SVG * SVG for Webmapping and Online GIS/GML * SVG for Multimedia Presentations * Server-side SVG Generators and Manipulators * SVG Authoring Techniques * Making Graphics Acessible * Interactivity and Scripting * GUI Frameworks for Web Applications * File Format Conversion * Case Studies Course Instructors are asked to submit a course outline by April 18, 2008. The outlines are reviewed by a reviewing committee and instructors will be informed about acceptance on or before April 29, 2008. Accepted course instructors will receive a free conference pass and may participate at the come together event for free. Accepted course outlines will be published as course descriptions in the program. Therefore they should be directed at those who might register for the course rather than the reviewers. Courses are 150 minutes in length, scheduled for the morning and afternoon of August 29, 2008. We are interested in proposals for both beginner courses and advanced courses, to cater to the diverse interests of all conference attendees. Here is a list of topics of potential interest for courses. Feel free to either volunteer for one of these or propose your own topic. * Introduction to SVG * SVG Authoring Techniques * Creating Mobile SVG content * UI Design * Using SVG Tools * CSS * XSLT * SMIL Animation * ECMAScript and the DOM * Graphic Design * SVG Filter Effects * Rendering Algorithms * Generating SVG from Database Content Thank you for considering a paper or course abstract submission. Hope to see many of you in Nuremberg! The SVG Open 2008 organizing committee. ------------ Thanks, Andreas -- -- Andreas Neumann Böschacherstrasse 6 CH-8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) Switzerland Phone: ++41-44-2736668 Email: a.neumann@...2251... Web: http://www.carto.net/neumann/ SVG Examples: http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/ SVG.Open: http://www.svgopen.org/

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Windows: printing using the command line
by Hauke Kruppa 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi, I tried everything to print a svg using the command line in windows. I am getting nowhere. I use inkscapec.exe to get the output/error message, but it doesn't help. "lpr" not recognized, no way to get it done. All I tried failed. Is it possible? And if yes, how? What is the correct syntax? According to http://inkscape.modevia.com/inkscape-man.html#examples The Syntax is: inkscape filename.svg -p '| lpr' I am getting: C:\Programme\Inkscape>inkscapec d:\example.svg -p '| lpr' Der Befehl "lpr'" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. Meaning that lpr is not recognized. So I tried the printer name (with and without quotes): C:\Programme\Inkscape>inkscapec d:\example.svg -p '| "Brother MFC-9420CN BR-Script3"' Der Befehl ""Brother MFC-9420CN BR-Script3"'" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. Meaning it believes that the printer name was a command. I tied it without the '' and without the pipe, I specified printer, rpr, I tried everything I can think of. Is it possible to do it? After 12 hrs of searching and trying using both inkscape and inkscapec, I need your help. As the files are to be created under windows, the batch that prints should work under windows also, so setting up a linux vm is not an option. Thank you for your help. Hauke

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Change stroke color with a simple click
by Lorenz Köhl 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I wonder if it is possible to change the behavior of the color palette as to change the stroke color (as opposed to the fill color) with a simple click. I mainly write text+outlines, using the freehand tool and a wacom tablet and occasionally have to switch colors. It's inconvienent to reach for the keyboard and press SHIFT+Color click to do this, especially because my wacom's extra keys are bound to more important stuff than shift. I hope this isn't a FAQ, but I didn't find it in there. And, if it's possible by editing some source code I'm willing to do so, but need a pointer. Greetings, Lorenz Köhl

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