On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:33:49 -0500 John Culleton <John@...1668...> wrote:
If I save a vector drawing as a pdf file is the drawing still in vector form or does it convert to a bitmap?
I don't know, but here's my dia2pdf.sh shellscript:
================================================= #!/bin/sh dianame=$1 gname=`echo $dianame | sed -e "s/..*$//"` pdfname=$gname.pdf echo Converting $dianame to $pdfname #inkscape --export-text-to-path --export-pdf=$pdfname $dianame #inkscape --export-embed-fonts --export-use-hints --export-background=#ffffff --export-area-drawing --export-pdf=$pdfname $dianame inkscape --export-area-drawing --export-pdf=$pdfname $dianame acroread $pdfname =================================================
I'm pretty sure this will work just fine if you use an input of whatever.svg, because the Inkscape export converts based on file extension (I think).
I think I eliminated font embedding for legal reasons, or else perhaps the Inkscape default changed to embedding fonts automatically.
I've been using this, as is, for the past five or so years, which is why there's so much I can't remember.
SteveT
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