Hi,
I have printed some text with ps operators, but the created ps contains no text, but text as bitmap.
Is it normal, or I misconfigure something?
I try my svg import in scribus (1.2.1 08.jan.2005 build) but the result is chaotic.
So my question is, how can I send my work to printshop ? (text as bitmap is not a solution of course)
Thanks, Aewyn
Quoting Aewyn <aewyn@...94...>:
Hi,
I have printed some text with ps operators, but the created ps contains no text, but text as bitmap.
Is it normal, or I misconfigure something?
Not sure... objects that contain partial transparency are rendered as bitmaps, because PostScript doesn't support transparency ... is the text partly transparent?
-mental
csütörtök 10 február 2005 00.01 dátummal mental@...32... ezt írta:
Quoting Aewyn <aewyn@...94...>:
Hi,
I have printed some text with ps operators, but the created ps contains no text, but text as bitmap.
Is it normal, or I misconfigure something?
Not sure... objects that contain partial transparency are rendered as bitmaps, because PostScript doesn't support transparency ... is the text partly transparent?
-mental
No, just open inkscape, type some text, set it's color RGBA: 000000ff and print. But I was wrong, it is not bitmap, it is vectorized text; converted to curve.
I use inkscape 0.41 from last autopackage, but old versions do the same.
Thanks, Aewyn
On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 00:20 +0100, Aewyn wrote:
No, just open inkscape, type some text, set it's color RGBA: 000000ff and print. But I was wrong, it is not bitmap, it is vectorized text; converted to curve.
I use inkscape 0.41 from last autopackage, but old versions do the same.
Okay, I can't figure out how to set this is the GUI, but I thought there was a way. Anyway, if you go into preferences.xml you can search for: org.inkscape.print.ps.textToPath If you set that to "0" it should put the text in the PS file.
--Ted
csütörtök 10 február 2005 06.00 dátummal Ted Gould ezt írta:
Okay, I can't figure out how to set this is the GUI, but I thought there was a way. Anyway, if you go into preferences.xml you can search for: org.inkscape.print.ps.textToPath If you set that to "0" it should put the text in the PS file.
It seems to work :) (by default there is no such tag in preferences.xml, so I think the default setting is textToPath="1" on almost all inkscape install)
Thanks, Aewyn
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:49:31 +0100, Aewyn <aewyn@...94...> wrote:
It seems to work :) (by default there is no such tag in preferences.xml, so I think the default setting is textToPath="1" on almost all inkscape install)
And this makes sense. When you are printing, you usually don't care about the file size or editability of the PS. Instead you care a lot about it being the same as on screen. Printing text via curves helps a lot with this.
csütörtök 10 február 2005 13.57 dátummal bulia byak ezt írta:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:49:31 +0100, Aewyn <aewyn@...94...> wrote:
It seems to work :) (by default there is no such tag in preferences.xml, so I think the default setting is textToPath="1" on almost all inkscape install)
And this makes sense. When you are printing, you usually don't care about the file size or editability of the PS. Instead you care a lot about it being the same as on screen. Printing text via curves helps a lot with this.
Yes, you're right. But, there are some issues with this default approach. - The generated ps (and pdf) will be gigantic. (In my case: ps: 20 Mbyte, pdf: 4 Mbyte vs ps: 1.5Mbyte and pdf 10 Kbyte(!) If I'd like to send the pdf via mail, it is not the same ;) - The generating is very slow. - The generated pdf will be very ugly and slow (because of some pdf viewers can antialias fonts, but not graphics (xpdf,kpdf) and very slow with other viewers what can antialias graphics) (and I don't know how the other viewer will show my pdf on the other side of e-mail, it is a trap: it is great with my viewer, but my procurer will say: "woov, what an ugly work!"
- In the printing, the fonts will be thicker, what can mislead the typographer; and more important: the print shows other, than seen on the screen.
So it is absolutely useless with working lot of texts. But, it is great to have an option :)
Thanks again, Aewyn
btw: is there any way to set the letter space, and word space for the whole text (not only inside two letters)?
alt+> is enlarging text, not setting letter space
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:40:27 +0100, Aewyn <aewyn@...94...> wrote:
But, there are some issues with this default approach.
- The generated ps (and pdf) will be gigantic.
(In my case: ps: 20 Mbyte, pdf: 4 Mbyte vs ps: 1.5Mbyte and pdf 10 Kbyte(!) If I'd like to send the pdf via mail, it is not the same ;)
For that, use save-as EPS, then you'll have a visible option of whether convert text to paths or not.
- The generating is very slow.
Not a big problem _for printing_ I think. Quality is more important.
- The generated pdf will be very ugly and slow (because of some pdf viewers can
antialias fonts, but not graphics (xpdf,kpdf) and very slow with other viewers what can antialias graphics)
That's a problem with PDF viewers, not with our output. On a high-resolution printer, it will look absolutely the same.
(and I don't know how the other viewer will show my pdf on the other side of e-mail, it is a trap: it is great with my viewer, but my procurer will say: "woov, what an ugly work!"
Again, if you need to send it to someone, use export, not print. You get more options and can preview.
- In the printing, the fonts will be thicker, what can mislead the
typographer; and more important: the print shows other, than seen on the screen.
You get the same paths, no matter if they are stored as paths or as characters in a font. If your printer prints them differently, this is a problem with the printer.
btw: is there any way to set the letter space, and word space for the whole text (not only inside two letters)?
alt+> is enlarging text, not setting letter space
Use it when editing text on canvas in Text tool, not in Selector.
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