Hi Jon!
On 08.01.2011, at 21:00, Jon Cruz <jon@...204...> wrote:
On Jan 5, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Andreas Neustifter wrote:
Just out of curiosity: Why is everyone insisting on using px when
Inkscape is perfectly capable of using natural units like inches or millimetres?
Actually, it is not.
At the base level, SVG only allows coordinates in raw px units in paths, etc. Our UI will attempt to translate things. Some dimensions can be specified with an explicit unit type, but others can not.
There are a few things that make working with explicit units a little easier, but understanding that a base limitation keeps some things to only 'px' internally is helpful, especially when dealing with such subtle issues as print alignment, etc.
Thanks for the clarification that's actually a good point.
I guess for print resolutions (300 dpi and above) the accuracy when working with pixels is below 1/10 of a millimetre so working in mm should not be a problem. Or am I mistaken again?
Andi