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Cut segment from circle, extend bezier curves from cut points
by Jeff Kowalczyk 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I have a logo I'm trying to reproduce in inkscape. The logo is based on two concentric circles, with segments removed and curves extending inward and outward around the circles. One extension extends both ways, so some sort of T-intersection with the curve will be necessary, or a second extension that runs into the first, collinear at the join. I've done a little experimenting, and I think I can eventually cut a circle-like path to remove a quarter segment, but then it isn't a circle anymore, with any node movements distorting the curvature. If possible, I want to lock the circular segments to their original curvature and center point. The segments to be removed are less than a quarter, so the endpoints need to move to less of an arc along the circle path. Here's an example of what I need to do (the logo doesn't look like this, but the cut-curve characteristics are similar) L R L xxxxxxx R L xxxx xxC R L xxx xx R L xx xx R L x xx R L x xxxx R L x <-xxxx R L x xx1xxx2xx R L x xxx C xx R L x x x x R L x <--xx x x R L x x x R L x x | R L xx xx V R L xxx xxx R L xxxx xxxx R L xxxxxxx R L R The curve x's represent the actual line drawing. The C's represent the points at which I would like to cut the circle and have the freedom to add bezier extensions. Extension '1' can have a smooth curving joint with the cut point. Extension '2' only need meet extension '1' collinearly, and more or less at a right angle to C. The L's and R's are only intended keep the mail client from mangling (hopefully). They line up on the left and right columns, respectively. On the second of the two circles, the two inward extending curves will have to be joined in a smooth intersection after some bezier curvature. Overlaying background-color circles to represent cutout arcs would be less than optimal, since I may want to do curved endcaps and drop shadows or other filtering (when supported) on the unified curve. Can anyone suggest to the newbie a good way to make a stable, easily manipulated construction of the above curve in inkscape-cvs? Thanks.

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0.40pre2
by Ted Gould 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

With more layers functionality, additional bug fixes, calligraphy tool improvements and more the 0.40 release is starting to shape up. This has prompted the 0.40pre2 release to be created. Please take a look at this release and help us find more bugs! If they're not found, they can't be fixed. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… Thanks, Ted PS - Binary packagers -- if you could please try to build a test binary that would be appreciated. We'd also like to put it into the file tracker, I can help you with that if you need.

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test ignore
by vellum 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

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Font changed look
by Pedro Blom 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Hi. I'm using Inkscape 0.39 on Mandrake 10.0. I have been using a font called Foxy 1 to make buttons for'my website, and as the site are in Swedish I am using åäö a lot. There was no problem untill today when suddenly, all the special carracters (ÅÄÖåäö) had changed to some other strange caracters. How can I fix this, so that I can continue to use ÅÄÖ It seems to be a problem only with this font. I tryed it in Open Office and it worked fine. /Pedro

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Large EPS filesizes
by Trent Buck 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

For the benefit of the list, I'll explain what the problem was: Craig had several images in one SVG, and printing to PostScript was exporting all of them, not just the parts on the page. > One thing I've noted, however, is the useability of the program is > reduced by only having one SVG image within an Inkscape session. For example, > my diagrams are quite similar to each other, so I copy/paste objects from > one diagram to another. By splitting into multiple files, when I want to make > a change to one image, that will generally cascade into other images, requiring > instance of Inkscape open for each SVG image. Perhaps it would be more useable > by having a Tabbed feature in Inkspace for each open SVG file, allowing easy > modification to multiple SVG images. When exporting to PNG, you can choose to the export selection. Craig, I suggest you submit an RFE to add this functionality to the PostScript (i.e. printing) export also. -trent

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Design
by Claus Cyrny 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi all, I made just rough sketch of a somewhat futuristic car using Inkscape 0.37. You can take a look here: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/design/car_03.jpg Greetings, Claus

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[Announcing] SFMOMA: The Open-Source Paradigm, Thursday, November 18, 2004
by Jon Phillips 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hey all, I wanted to alert you to a panel I'm on next week in San Francisco. Needless to say it is going to be major PR in the art world for Inkscape and Open Clip Art Library. If anyone is in the area, it would be a great event to attend. I'm also excited because the number 2 person at creativecommons (under lessig) is on the panel. Please forward the following PR below: ### On Thursday, November 18, 2004, SFMOMA (www.sfmoma.org) presents: The Open-Source Paradigm ======================== A Panel Discussion & Reception Moderated by Linda Jacobson, featuring new media professor Greg Niemeyer (http://art.berkeley.edu/niemeyer/) from UC Berkeley, artist-developer Jon Phillips (www.rejon.org), and Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) assistant director Neeru Paharia. 7:00 p.m. in the Phyllis Wattis Theater Visual artists and sound artists who create with digital tools have started to embrace the community-based, open-source software approach that's revolutionized the computer industry. As a reaction to the restrictions of intellectual property rights, the Open Source Initiative provides free computer software via the Web and allows anyone to contribute software as long as the underlying source codes are visible and shared. Explorations of the creative applications of open-source promise to expand its use beyond software development. This panel discusses the conceptual basis for the open-source movement in the arts, its history, and legal issues and presents artistic projects incorporating open-source technology. A reception in The Schwab Room follows the program. $12 general; $8 SFMOMA members, students with ID, and seniors. Tickets are available at SFMOMA (with no surcharge) or online. This event is presented in collaboration with SMAC (San Francisco Media Arts Council). Please visit www.sfmoma.org for press coverage of previous SMAC/SFMOMA event on videogames' impact on artists featuring pioneers Will Wright and Nolan Bushnell -- Jon Phillips KOREA.PH.010.3140.7483 USA.PH.858.361.2811 jon@...87... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu)

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woo hoo!
by Ben Crowell 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

At the risk of making a post without any actual content, I just want to thank the Inkscape developers for all their hard work. Adobe Illustrator was my only reason for continuing to maintain a Mac, and I'm hopeful that I will soon be living my whole life the way God intended, with open-source software :-) It's really impressive that you folks have been able to maintain the kind of attention to craftsmanship that was the hallmark Sodipodi, while really putting the pedal to the metal in terms of features. BTW, does anyone have an ETA for 0.40? I'm running 0.38 on FreeBSD, and apparently the maintainer of the FreeBSD port is waiting for 0.40 before putting a new version in the FreeBSD ports system, since 0.39 was broken on FreeBSD. (I hear the Debian maintainer created a package from the latest prerelease version...? -- hint hint ;-)

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Large EPS filesizes
by Craig Pearce 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi Trent, Thanks for the response. The SVG images I created (about 15) were all done in Inkspace, and saved into a single inkspace .svg file. The .svg is only 900KB... however when using inkspace to save each of the 15 images to EPS, they each take about 8MB. I'm not importing any raster images. I could export SVG images to PNG, then use imagemagic convert or gimp to go back to EPS however the resulting image is blocky due to vector->bitmap->vector process. I find it strange that an Inkspace-created SVG takes so much space in EPS when they are both vector based. Kind regards, JoeBlow Quoth Craig Pearce on or about 2004-11-15: > When I indivually place each image in the page, change > page size to match image size and print direct, I > choose various resolutions such as 72DPI, 300DPI etc. > The output filesize is the same no matter what DPI > setting I choose. PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript are vector-based formats, like SVG. Vector objects will simply be transformed, so the only change between DPI sizes will be the transformation matrix. PostScript can include raster images, but probably they also simply have a transform applied. > The issue is the size of the file, it is common for the > file to be 7MB which results in the latex-generated > postscript document being too large for me to email. Some suggestions are: * When importing raster images (e.g. JPGs), first reduce the resolution in e.g. the GIMP. * Look for ways to simplify the design of the vector parts. * You can import raster images directly into LaTeX, rather than going through Inkscape / SVG (the graphicx package). HTH -trent

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0.40pre3
by Ted Gould 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that 0.40pre3 is now in Sourceforge for your testing pleasure. It seems that the major crash bugs are not present at this point, this may be the last pre-release. Get your bugs in now! https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Enjoy, Ted

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