Kerning - Do other application act on it?
Hi folks,
I've done some manual kerning in an Inkscape SVG document. When I view that document in Firefox or import it in Gimp, the kerning appears to be ignored. Is this a known issue? Sorry, I couldn't find anything on this.
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Thanks much, Steve
Misterimpatient wrote:
Hi folks,
I've done some manual kerning in an Inkscape SVG document. When I view that document in Firefox or import it in Gimp, the kerning appears to be ignored. Is this a known issue? Sorry, I couldn't find anything on this.
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Thanks much, Steve
Hi Steve,
I'm happy that Inkscape finally came out to be working fine.
When you open SVG in firefox, then it open SVG with 1.0 specification. Inkscape puts extra datas in SVG, that's why there is separate option to save your graphic -> Inkscape SVG or plain SVG.
If you wanna see how your graphic looks like in a browser or anywhere else, then save it in plain SVG (but make backup of course) and then reload it into Inkscape. Then you'll see what's missing.
So anyway if you wanna have a format that appears everywhere the same, i suggest you to use PNG.
Andras
Horvath Andras wrote:
Misterimpatient wrote:
Hi folks,
I've done some manual kerning in an Inkscape SVG document. When I view that document in Firefox or import it in Gimp, the kerning appears to be ignored. Is this a known issue? Sorry, I couldn't find anything on this.
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Thanks much, Steve
Hi Steve,
I'm happy that Inkscape finally came out to be working fine.
When you open SVG in firefox, then it open SVG with 1.0 specification. Inkscape puts extra datas in SVG, that's why there is separate option to save your graphic -> Inkscape SVG or plain SVG.
If you wanna see how your graphic looks like in a browser or anywhere else, then save it in plain SVG (but make backup of course) and then reload it into Inkscape. Then you'll see what's missing.
So anyway if you wanna have a format that appears everywhere the same, i suggest you to use PNG.
Andras
Hi Andras,
I had tried that and it didn't work. I tried it again in 0.45.1 and still no luck.
A suggestion in a Gimp forum had me convert text to paths and that worked fine.
I do use png for graphics I export for use on the web.
Thanks again, Steve
On 5/21/07, Horvath Andras <han@...2223...> wrote:
When you open SVG in firefox, then it open SVG with 1.0 specification. Inkscape puts extra datas in SVG, that's why there is separate option to save your graphic -> Inkscape SVG or plain SVG.
If you wanna see how your graphic looks like in a browser or anywhere else, then save it in plain SVG (but make backup of course) and then reload it into Inkscape. Then you'll see what's missing.
No. This is a misconception. Please do not spread it.
Inkscape does NOT add anything to SVG that would change how the document is rendered (with a single exception, which hopefully will be fixed soon). Anything that Inkscape adds to SVG when writing the Inkscape SVG format only affects how objects behave when edited, not how they look. That's the whole point of Inkscape. Therefore, when you save as plain SVG, you just get a smaller file and lose some of its editability in Inkscape, but it will be rendered exactly the same as Inkscape SVG by all compliant renderers.
On 5/20/07, Misterimpatient <misterimpatient@...155...> wrote:
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Inkscape uses standard SVG features for kerning. So it's a bug in the other SVG renderers, not in Inkscape.
bulia byak wrote:
On 5/20/07, Misterimpatient <misterimpatient@...155...> wrote:
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Inkscape uses standard SVG features for kerning. So it's a bug in the other SVG renderers, not in Inkscape. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org
Thanks for the comment. I've found that the best way to avoid this problem is to convert fonts to outlines. If I don't, both Gimp and Firefox mess up the kerning. So, I keep two copies of the files: One I can edit and one I can't. Until these other applications are fixed that's what I'll do.
Cheers, Steve
Misterimpatient wrote:
bulia byak wrote:
On 5/20/07, Misterimpatient <misterimpatient@...155...> wrote:
Not sure in any case if this would be a bug in Inkscape or in the rendering application. Bitmap exports from Inkscape are fine.
Inkscape uses standard SVG features for kerning. So it's a bug in the other SVG renderers, not in Inkscape. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org
Thanks for the comment. I've found that the best way to avoid this problem is to convert fonts to outlines. If I don't, both Gimp and Firefox mess up the kerning. So, I keep two copies of the files: One I can edit and one I can't. Until these other applications are fixed that's what I'll do.
Cheers, Steve
This is a common approach for printing as well, since it removes any font dependencies from the file you're sending to the printer.
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