Hello,
I'm working on comparison of printed letters and handwritten ones. I'm using Inkscape for various tasks however I coudn't find a way how to accomplish "Stroke extraction from outline font".
Is there a way how to tackle down this task using Inkscape ? It doesn't have to be automatical sofisticated way ... Any advice appriciated.
Thanks! Jan
Jan escribió:
Hello,
I'm working on comparison of printed letters and handwritten ones. I'm using Inkscape for various tasks however I coudn't find a way how to accomplish "Stroke extraction from outline font".
Is there a way how to tackle down this task using Inkscape ? It doesn't have to be automatical sofisticated way ... Any advice appriciated.
Thanks! Jan
Only way that occurs to me is by writing something, changing the fill and stroke (so no fill is shown and you're left with the stroke), then convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called "convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
On 6/11/06, Gian Paolo Mureddu <thetargos@...155...> > convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called
"convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
That's "Convert object to path" in English.
Hello!
Thanks for your answer! I run Inkscape in spanish just to be sure I followed your advice correctly ;)
I did "Trazo -> Objeto a trazo". This will however extract only the outline of the letter not the strokes ....
What I'm doing now is that I take a letter and then draw carefully all strokes by hand over the letter. To smooth strokes up, I'm using 'Simplification' (Ctrl+L). In this way I get the strokes of the printed letter.
For handwritten letters I'm using freehand tool.
If someone knows better way for extracting STROKES (not outline) of font, please let me know.
Thanks Jan
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:59 -0500, Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Only way that occurs to me is by writing something, changing the fill and stroke (so no fill is shown and you're left with the stroke), then convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called "convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
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hi jan,
am i right in thinking that when you say strokes you not are talking about strokes in the inkscape sense, but the way the pen moved when it wrote the letter?
for a simple example, if you scanned a letter l then you would get a path that follows the outline of the letter, when what you really want is a path that runs down the centre of the letter to show how the pen moved.
is that what you are after?
john.
On 6/12/06, Jan <jan.enrico@...155...> wrote:
Hello!
Thanks for your answer! I run Inkscape in spanish just to be sure I followed your advice correctly ;)
I did "Trazo -> Objeto a trazo". This will however extract only the outline of the letter not the strokes ....
What I'm doing now is that I take a letter and then draw carefully all strokes by hand over the letter. To smooth strokes up, I'm using 'Simplification' (Ctrl+L). In this way I get the strokes of the printed letter.
For handwritten letters I'm using freehand tool.
If someone knows better way for extracting STROKES (not outline) of font, please let me know.
Thanks Jan
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:59 -0500, Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Only way that occurs to me is by writing something, changing the fill and stroke (so no fill is shown and you're left with the stroke), then convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called "convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
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Hi John,
Exactly, I was talking about the way the pen moves when writting a letter. Fonts are defined by outlines (ie. your example with letter l), not the pen strokes .... I'm looking for the way how to get a pen strokes out of an outline font.
I'll be happy to hear any comments/ideas.
Thanks! Jan
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 09:38 +0100, j michaelson wrote:
hi jan,
am i right in thinking that when you say strokes you not are talking about strokes in the inkscape sense, but the way the pen moved when it wrote the letter?
for a simple example, if you scanned a letter l then you would get a path that follows the outline of the letter, when what you really want is a path that runs down the centre of the letter to show how the pen moved.
is that what you are after?
john.
On 6/12/06, Jan <jan.enrico@...155...> wrote:
Hello!
Thanks for your answer! I run Inkscape in spanish just to be sure I followed your advice correctly ;)
I did "Trazo -> Objeto a trazo". This will however extract only the outline of the letter not the strokes ....
What I'm doing now is that I take a letter and then draw carefully all strokes by hand over the letter. To smooth strokes up, I'm using 'Simplification' (Ctrl+L). In this way I get the strokes of the printed letter.
For handwritten letters I'm using freehand tool.
If someone knows better way for extracting STROKES (not outline) of font, please let me know.
Thanks Jan
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:59 -0500, Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Only way that occurs to me is by writing something, changing the fill and stroke (so no fill is shown and you're left with the stroke), then convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called "convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
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Addon: Jus a picture which might help to explain previous email.
Thanks Jan
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:59 -0500, Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
Jan escribió:
Hello,
I'm working on comparison of printed letters and handwritten ones. I'm using Inkscape for various tasks however I coudn't find a way how to accomplish "Stroke extraction from outline font".
Is there a way how to tackle down this task using Inkscape ? It doesn't have to be automatical sofisticated way ... Any advice appriciated.
Thanks! Jan
Only way that occurs to me is by writing something, changing the fill and stroke (so no fill is shown and you're left with the stroke), then convert the selection to traces, in Spanish the option is called "convertir objeto a trazo", which roughly translates into "convert object to stroke/traces"
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