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| author | Kris <Kris.De.Gussem@hotmail.com> | |
| Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:04:54 +0000 (23:04 +0100) | ||
| committer | Kris <Kris.De.Gussem@hotmail.com> | |
| Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:04:54 +0000 (23:04 +0100) |
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</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">One great advantage that we have over the scribes of the past is the
<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Undo</flowSpan> command: If you make a mistake, the entire page is not
-ruined. Inkscape's Calligraphy tool also enables some techniques which would not be
+ruined. Inkscape's Calligraphy tool also enables some techniques which would not be
possible with a traditional pen-and-ink.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e105"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">The Inkscape calligraphy pen can be sensitive to the <flowSpan font-style="italic">velocity</flowSpan> of
-the stroke (see “Thinning” below), so if you are using a mouse, you'll probably want to
+the stroke (see “Thinning” below), so if you are using a mouse, you'll probably want to
zero this parameter.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">This pair of options control the <flowSpan font-style="italic">width</flowSpan> of your pen. The width can
vary from 1 to 100 and (by default) is measured in units relative to the size of
your editing window, but independent of zoom. This makes sense, because the
-natural “unit of measure” in calligraphy is the range of your hand's movement,
+natural “unit of measure” in calligraphy is the range of your hand's movement,
and it is therefore convenient to have the width of your pen nib in constant
ratio to the size of your “drawing board” and not in some real units which
would make it depend on zoom. This behavior is optional though, so it can be
changed for those who would prefer absolute units regardless of zoom. To switch
-to this mode, use the checkbox on the tool's Preferences page (you can open it
+to this mode, use the checkbox on the tool's Preferences page (you can open it
by double-clicking the tool button).
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e208"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Each traditional calligraphy style has its own prevalent pen angle. For example, the
-Unicial hand uses the angle of 25 degrees. More complex hands and more experienced
+Uncial hand uses the angle of 25 degrees. More complex hands and more experienced
calligraphers will often vary the angle while drawing, and Inkscape makes this possible
by pressing <flowSpan font-weight="bold">up</flowSpan> and <flowSpan font-weight="bold">down</flowSpan> arrow keys or with a tablet that
supports the tilt sensitivity feature. For beginning calligraphy lessons, however,
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e230"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">The level of contrast between the thinnest and the thickest is controlled by the
-<flowSpan font-style="italic">fixation</flowSpan> parameter. The value of 1 means that the angle is always
+<flowSpan font-style="italic">fixation</flowSpan> parameter. The value of 100 means that the angle is always
constant, as set in the Angle field. Decreasing fixation lets the pen turn a little
against the direction of the stroke. With fixation=0, pen rotates freely to be always
perpendicular to the stroke, and Angle has no effect anymore:
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</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Unlike width and angle, these two last parameters define how the tool “feels” rather
-than affect its visual output. So there won't be any illustrations in this section;
+than affect its visual output. So there won't be any illustrations in this section;
instead just try them yourself to get a better idea.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<flowRegion>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e301"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">First of all, to do letters, you need to create a pair of rulers to guide you. If you're
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">First of all, to do letters, you need to create a pair of rulers to guide you. If you're
going to write in a slanted or cursive hand, add some slanted guides across the two
rulers as well, for example:
</flowDiv>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Probably the first thing you would do as a beginner calligrapher is practice the basic
elements of letters — vertical and horizontal stems, round strokes, slanted
-stems. Here are some letter elements for the Unicial hand:
+stems. Here are some letter elements for the Uncial hand:
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<path id="calligraphy-f09-en.svgpath8610" stroke-linejoin="miter" style="stroke-dasharray:0.59489660 1.7846897;" d="M10.513,1.4559h290.3" display="block" transform="translate(10, 3227.1048566999993) " stroke-dashoffset="0.0000000" stroke="#aeaeae" stroke-linecap="butt" stroke-miterlimit="4.0000000" stroke-width="0.59489685" sodipodi:insensitive="true" fill="none"/>
<flowRegion>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e336"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">If your hand is comfortable on the tablet, don't move it. Instead,
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">If your hand is comfortable on the tablet, don't move it. Instead,
scroll the canvas (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+arrow</flowSpan> keys) with your left hand after finishing
each letter. </flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">If your last stroke is bad, just undo it
(<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+Z</flowSpan>). However, if its shape is good but the position or size are
-slightly off, it's better to switch to Selector temporarily (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Space</flowSpan>) and
+slightly off, it's better to switch to Selector temporarily (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Space</flowSpan>) and
nudge/scale/rotate it as needed (using mouse or keys), then press <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Space</flowSpan>
again to return to Calligraphy tool.
</flowDiv>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e356"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Having done a word, switch to Selector again to adjust stem uniformity
-and letterspacing. Don't overdo this, however; good calligraphy must retain somewhat
+and letterspacing. Don't overdo this, however; good calligraphy must retain somewhat
irregular handwritten look. Resist the temptation to copy over letters and letter
elements; each stroke must be original.
</flowDiv>
<flowRegion>
<use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e379"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Calligraphy is not only fun; it's a deeply spiritual art that may
-transform your outlook on everything you do and see. Inkscape's
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Calligraphy is not only fun; it's a deeply spiritual art that may
+transform your outlook on everything you do and see. Inkscape's
calligraphy tool can only serve as a modest introduction. And yet
it is very nice to play with and may be useful in real design. Enjoy!
</flowDiv>
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<text id="text1920" style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;" font-family="sans" font-size="7.0000000" font-style="normal" transform="scale(1.130730,1.130730)" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" y="18.25828" x="176.24451" font-weight="normal" fill="#ffffff">
- <tspan id="tspan1668" style="letter-spacing:2.1813099;" dx="0 -0.57057059 0 0 0 0 0" fill="#ffffff">::TIPS AND TRICKS</tspan>
+ <tspan id="tspan1668" style="letter-spacing:2.1813099;" dx="0 -0.57057059 0 0 0 0 0" fill="#ffffff">::</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e10" display="none" height="1000px" width="264" y="36" x="35"/>
+ <rect id="d0e12" display="none" height="1000px" width="264" y="36" x="35"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;" font-family="sans" font-size="7.2" line-height="150%" font-weight="normal" font-style="italic" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e10"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e12"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">This tutorial will demonstrate various tips and tricks that users have learned through
the use of Inkscape and some “hidden” features that can help you speed up production
<text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="89.367967" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
<tspan y="89.367967" x="10">Radial placement with Tile Clones</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e19" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="94.568" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e21" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="94.568" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e19"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e21"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">It's easy to see how to use the <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Tile Clones</flowSpan> dialog for rectangular grids and
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">It's easy to see how to use the <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Tile Clones</flowSpan> dialog for rectangular grids and
patterns. But what if you need <flowSpan font-style="italic">radial</flowSpan> placement, where objects
-share a common center of rotation? It's possible too!
+share a common center of rotation? It's possible too!
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e28" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="133.59" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e30" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="133.59" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e28"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e30"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">If your radial pattern need only have 3, 4, 6, 8, or 12 elements, then you can try the
P3, P31M, P3M1, P4, P4M, P6, or P6M symmetries. These would work nicely for snowflakes
and the like. A more general method, however, is as follows.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e31" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="182.68" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e33" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="182.68" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e31"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e33"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Choose the P1 symmetry (simple translation) and then <flowSpan font-style="italic">compensate</flowSpan> for
that translation by going to the <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Shift</flowSpan> tab and setting <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Per
row/Shift Y</flowSpan> and <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Per column/Shift X</flowSpan> both to -100%. Now all
clones will be stacked exactly on top of the original. All that remains to do is to go
to the <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Rotation</flowSpan> tab and set some rotation angle per column, then
-create the pattern with one row and multiple columns. For example, here's a pattern made
+create the pattern with one row and multiple columns. For example, here's a pattern made
out of a horizontal line, with 30 columns, each column rotated 6 degrees:
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<use id="tips-f01-en.svguse81" xlink:href="#tips-f01-en.svgpath25" transform="translate(10, 283.013598) matrix(-0.951057,0.309017,-0.309017,-0.951057,291.8368,71.57745) translate(-10, -283.013598)" height="1052.3622" width="744.09448" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path25" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<use id="tips-f01-en.svguse82" xlink:href="#tips-f01-en.svgpath25" transform="translate(10, 283.013598) matrix(-0.978148,0.207912,-0.207912,-0.978148,289.6811,87.35318) translate(-10, -283.013598)" height="1052.3622" width="744.09448" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path25" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<use id="tips-f01-en.svguse83" xlink:href="#tips-f01-en.svgpath25" transform="translate(10, 283.013598) matrix(-0.994522,0.104528,-0.104528,-0.994522,285.8885,102.8173) translate(-10, -283.013598)" height="1052.3622" width="744.09448" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path25" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
- <rect id="d0e59" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="412.81" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e61" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="412.81" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e59"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e61"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">To get a clock dial out of this, all you need to do is cut out or simply overlay the
central part by a white circle (to do boolean operations on clones, unlink them first).
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e62" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="451.42" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e64" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="451.42" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e62"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e64"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">More interesting effects can be created by using both rows and columns. Here's a pattern
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">More interesting effects can be created by using both rows and columns. Here's a pattern
with 10 columns and 8 rows, with rotation of 2 degrees per row and 18 degrees per
column. Each group of lines here is a “column”, so the groups are 18 degrees from each
other; within each column, individual lines are 2 degrees apart:
<use id="tips-f02-en.svguse1549" xlink:href="#tips-f02-en.svgpath92" transform="translate(10, 519.833287) matrix(-0.983255,0.182236,-0.182236,-0.983255,298.6455,115.8555) translate(-10, -519.833287)" height="2150.5000" width="320.00000" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path92" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<use id="tips-f02-en.svguse1550" xlink:href="#tips-f02-en.svgpath92" transform="translate(10, 519.833287) matrix(-0.987688,0.156434,-0.156434,-0.987688,297.4360,119.8908) translate(-10, -519.833287)" height="2150.5000" width="320.00000" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path92" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<use id="tips-f02-en.svguse1551" xlink:href="#tips-f02-en.svgpath92" transform="translate(10, 519.833287) matrix(-0.991445,0.130526,-0.130526,-0.991445,296.1201,123.8925) translate(-10, -519.833287)" height="2150.5000" width="320.00000" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#path92" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
- <rect id="d0e75" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="675.13" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e77" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="675.13" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e75"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e77"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">In the above examples, the line was rotated around its center. But what if you want the
center to be outside of your shape? Just create an invisible (no fill, no stroke)
<use id="tips-f03-en.svguse5896" xlink:href="#tips-f03-en.svgg1768" transform="translate(10, 764.8287560000001) matrix(1.521722,-0.574611,0.574611,1.521722,-116.7675,39.69527) translate(-10, -764.8287560000001)" height="1052.3622" width="744.09448" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#g1768" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<use id="tips-f03-en.svguse5897" xlink:href="#tips-f03-en.svgg1768" transform="translate(10, 764.8287560000001) matrix(0.546248,-0.904563,0.904563,0.546248,-6.585200,160.6755) translate(-10, -764.8287560000001)" height="1052.3622" width="744.09448" inkscape:tiled-clone-of="#g1768" y="0.0000000" x="0.0000000"/>
<text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="943.6395160000001" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="943.6395160000001" x="10">How to do slicing (multiple rectangluar export areas)?</tspan>
+ <tspan y="943.6395160000001" x="10">How to do slicing (multiple rectangular export areas)?</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e97" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="948.84" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e99" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="948.84" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e97"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e99"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Create a new layer, in that layer create invisible rectangles covering parts of your
image. Make sure your document uses the px unit (default), turn on grid and snap the
rects to the grid so that each one spans a whole number of px units. Assign meaningful
-ids to the rects, and export each one to its own file. Then the rects will remember
-their export filenames. After that, it's very easy to re-export some of the rects:
+ids to the rects, and export each one to its own file (<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">File "
+"> Export Bitmap</flowSpan> (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Shift+Ctrl+E</flowSpan>)). Then the rects will remember
+their export filenames. After that, it's very easy to re-export some of the rects:
switch to the export layer, use Tab to select the one you need (or use Find by id), and
-click Export in the dialog. Or, you can write a shell script or batch file to export all
-of your areas, with a command like:
+click Export in the dialog. Or, you can write a shell script or batch file to export
+all of your areas, with a command like:
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e100" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1060.8" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e108" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1062.5" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e100"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e108"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">inkscape -i area-id -t filename.svg
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e103" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1078.6" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e111" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1080.3" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e103"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e111"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">for each exported area. The -t switch tells it to use the remembered filename hint,
otherwise you can provide the export filename with the -e switch. Alternatively, you can
@@ -354,28 +356,28 @@ use the <flowSpan font-weight="bold" font-family="sans serif">svgslice</flowSpan
automate exporting from Inkscape SVG documents, using either a slice layer or guides.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1151.8618648" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1151.8618648" x="10">Non-linear gradients</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1153.5653447999998" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1153.5653447999998" x="10">Non-linear gradients</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e115" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1157.1" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e123" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1158.8" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e115"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e123"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">The version 1.1 of SVG does not support non-linear gradients (i.e. those which have a
non-linear translations between colors). You can, however, emulate them by
<flowSpan font-style="italic">multistop</flowSpan> gradients. </flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e121" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1196.2" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e129" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1197.9" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e121"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e129"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Start with a simple two-stop gradient. Open the Gradient editor (e.g. by
double-clicking on any gradient handle in the Gradient tool). Add a new gradient stop in
the middle; drag it a bit. Then add more stops before and after the middle stop and drag
them too, so that the gradient is smooth. The more stops you add, the smoother you can
-make the resulting gradient. Here's the initial black-white gradient with two stops:
+make the resulting gradient. Here's the initial black-white gradient with two stops:
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<defs id="tips-f04-en.svgdefs3">
@@ -384,11 +386,11 @@ make the resulting gradient. Here's the initial black-white gradient with two st
<stop id="tips-f04-en.svgstop843" stop-color="#FFF" offset="1"/>
</linearGradient>
</defs>
- <rect id="tips-f04-en.svgrect1511" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1285.7795218) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-16.125" fill="url(#tips-f04-en.svglinearGradient844)"/>
- <rect id="d0e134" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1313.9" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f04-en.svgrect1511" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1287.4830018) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-16.125" fill="url(#tips-f04-en.svglinearGradient844)"/>
+ <rect id="d0e142" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1315.6" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e134"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e142"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">And here are various “non-linear” multi-stop gradients (examine them in the Gradient
Editor):
<stop id="tips-f05-en.svgstop3630" stop-color="#fff" offset="1"/>
</linearGradient>
</defs>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect3632" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-79.393" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient4000)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect836" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-63.336" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3997)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect847" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-47.28" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3994)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect858" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-95.45" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3991)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect869" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-111.51" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3988)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect879" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-31.223" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3985)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect890" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-15.167" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3982)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect901" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1349.8683938000001) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-127.56" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3979)"/>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1503.1892938" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1503.1892938" x="10">Excentric radial gradients</tspan>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect3632" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-79.393" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient4000)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect836" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-63.336" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3997)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect847" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-47.28" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3994)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect858" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-95.45" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3991)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect869" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-111.51" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3988)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect879" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-31.223" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3985)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect890" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-15.167" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3982)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f05-en.svgrect901" fill-opacity="0.75" fill-rule="evenodd" transform="translate(10, 1351.5718738) matrix(9.027671e-18,-1.000000,-1.000000,-5.333410e-18,0.000000,0.000000)" height="286.4" width="16.125" y="-305.42" x="-127.56" fill="url(#tips-f05-en.svglinearGradient3979)"/>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1504.8927738" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1504.8927738" x="10">Excentric radial gradients</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e153" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1508.4" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e161" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1510.1" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e153"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e161"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Radial gradients don't have to be symmetric. In Gradient tool, drag the central handle
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Radial gradients don't have to be symmetric. In Gradient tool, drag the central handle
of an elliptic gradient with <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Shift</flowSpan>. This will move the x-shaped
-<flowSpan font-style="italic">focus handle</flowSpan> of the gradient away from its center. When you don't
+<flowSpan font-style="italic">focus handle</flowSpan> of the gradient away from its center. When you don't
need it, you can snap the focus back by dragging it close to the center.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
<stop id="tips-f06-en.svgstop1079" stop-color="#000" stop-opacity="0" offset="1"/>
</radialGradient>
</defs>
- <rect id="tips-f06-en.svgrect1569" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1575.1604118) " height="68.187" width="74.385" stroke="#000" y="0.55902" x="70.82" stroke-width="0.89427pt" fill="url(#tips-f06-en.svgradialGradient4034)"/>
- <rect id="tips-f06-en.svgrect1570" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1575.1604118) " height="68.187" width="74.385" stroke="#000" y="0.55902" x="153.67" stroke-width="0.89427pt" fill="url(#tips-f06-en.svgradialGradient4031)"/>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1669.2648708" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1669.2648708" x="10">Aligning to the center of the page</tspan>
+ <rect id="tips-f06-en.svgrect1569" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1576.8638918000001) " height="68.187" width="74.385" stroke="#000" y="0.55902" x="70.82" stroke-width="0.89427pt" fill="url(#tips-f06-en.svgradialGradient4034)"/>
+ <rect id="tips-f06-en.svgrect1570" fill-rule="evenodd" fill-opacity="0.75" transform="translate(10, 1576.8638918000001) " height="68.187" width="74.385" stroke="#000" y="0.55902" x="153.67" stroke-width="0.89427pt" fill="url(#tips-f06-en.svgradialGradient4031)"/>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1670.9683508" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1670.9683508" x="10">Aligning to the center of the page</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e178" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1674.5" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e186" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1676.2" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e178"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e186"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">To align something to the center or side of a page, select the object or group and then
choose <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Page</flowSpan> from the <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Relative to:</flowSpan> list in the
-Align dialog (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+Shift+A</flowSpan>).
+Align and Distribute dialog (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+Shift+A</flowSpan>).
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1726.4200508" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1726.4200508" x="10">Cleaning up the document</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1728.1235308" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1728.1235308" x="10">Cleaning up the document</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e196" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1731.6" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e204" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1733.3" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e196"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e204"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Many of the no-longer-used gradients, patterns, and markers (more precisely, those which
you edited manually) remain in the corresponding palettes and can be reused for new
@@ -537,47 +539,30 @@ Defs</flowSpan> command in File menu. It will remove any gradients, patterns, or
which are not used by anything in the document, making the file smaller.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1815.4755208" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1815.4755208" x="10">Clipping or masking a bitmap</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1817.1790008" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1817.1790008" x="10">Hidden features and the XML editor</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e208" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1820.7" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e216" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1822.4" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e208"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e216"/>
</flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">By default, an imported bitmap (e.g. a photo) is an image element which is not
-editable by the Node tool. To work around this, convert the image into a rectangle with
-pattern fill by <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Object to Pattern</flowSpan> (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Alt+I</flowSpan>). This will
-give you a rectangle <flowSpan font-style="italic">filled</flowSpan> with your bitmap. Now this object can
-be converted to path, node-edited, intersected with other shapes etc. In
-<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Inkscape Preferences</flowSpan> (<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Misc</flowSpan> tab), you can set the
-option of always importing bitmaps as pattern-filled rectangles.
+ <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">The XML editor (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Shift+Ctrl+X</flowSpan>) allows you to change almost all aspects
+of the document without using an external text editor. Also, Inkscape usually supports
+more SVG features than are accessible from the GUI. The XML editor is one way to get
+access to these features (if you know SVG).
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1915.2104147999999" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1915.2104147999999" x="10">Hidden features and the XML editor</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1895.5944708" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1895.5944708" x="10">Changing the rulers' unit of measure</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e232" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1920.4" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e228" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1900.8" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e232"/>
- </flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">The XML editor allows you to change almost all aspects of the document without using an
-external text editor. Also, Inkscape usually supports more SVG features than are
-accessible from the GUI. The XML editor is one way to get access to these features (if
-you know SVG).
-</flowDiv>
- </flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1993.0946347999998" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="1993.0946347999998" x="10">Changing the rulers' unit of measure</tspan>
- </text>
- <rect id="d0e241" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="1998.3" x="10"/>
- <flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
- <flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e241"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e228"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">In the default template, the unit of measure used by the rulers is px (“SVG user unit”,
-in Inkscape it's equal to 0.8pt or 1/90 of the inch). This is also the unit used in
+in Inkscape it's equal to 0.8pt or 1/90 of the inch). This is also the unit used in
displaying coordinates at the lower-left corner and preselected in all units menus. (You
can always hover your mouse over a ruler to see the tooltip with the units it uses.) To
change this, open <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Document Preferences</flowSpan>
@@ -585,13 +570,13 @@ change this, open <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Document Preferences</flowS
<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Page</flowSpan> tab.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2092.6965328" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2092.6965328" x="10">Stamping</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="1995.1963687999998" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="1995.1963687999998" x="10">Stamping</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e262" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2097.9" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e249" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2000.4" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e262"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e249"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">To quickly create many copies of an object, use <flowSpan font-style="italic">stamping</flowSpan>. Just
drag an object (or scale or rotate it), and while holding the mouse button down, press
@@ -599,57 +584,57 @@ drag an object (or scale or rotate it), and while holding the mouse button down,
repeat it as many times as you wish.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2160.4917138" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2160.4917138" x="10">Pen tool tricks</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2062.9915498" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2062.9915498" x="10">Pen tool tricks</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e277" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2165.7" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e264" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2068.2" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e277"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e264"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">In the Pen (Bezier) tool, you have the following options to finish the current line:
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2198.5231208)"/>
- <rect id="d0e283" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2192.5" x="20"/>
+ <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2101.0229568)"/>
+ <rect id="d0e270" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2095" x="20"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e283"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e270"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Press <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Enter</flowSpan>
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2214.4684333)"/>
- <rect id="d0e290" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2208.5" x="20"/>
+ <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2116.9682693)"/>
+ <rect id="d0e277" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2111" x="20"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e290"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e277"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Double click with the left mouse button
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2230.6598395)"/>
- <rect id="d0e294" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2224.7" x="20"/>
+ <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2133.1596755)"/>
+ <rect id="d0e281" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2127.2" x="20"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e294"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e281"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Select the Pen tool again
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2248.5153083)"/>
- <rect id="d0e298" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2242.5" x="20"/>
+ <circle cy="0" cx="0" r="2" transform="translate(15, 2151.0151443)"/>
+ <rect id="d0e285" display="none" height="1000px" width="258" y="2145" x="20"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e298"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e285"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Select another tool
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e302" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2258.7" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e289" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2161.2" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e302"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e289"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Note that while the path is unfinished (i.e. is shown green, with the current segment
red) it does not yet exist as an object in the document. Therefore, to cancel it, use
@@ -657,10 +642,10 @@ either <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Esc</flowSpan> (cancel the whole path) or <f
(remove the last segment of the unfinished path) instead of <flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Undo</flowSpan>.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e314" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2317.5" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e301" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2220" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e314"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e301"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">To add a new subpath to an existing path, select that path and start drawing with
<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Shift</flowSpan> from an arbitrary point. If, however, what you want is to simply
@@ -668,13 +653,13 @@ either <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Esc</flowSpan> (cancel the whole path) or <f
drawing from one of the end anchors of the selected path.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2380.0927285000002" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2380.0927285000002" x="10">Entering Unicode values</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2282.5925645" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2282.5925645" x="10">Entering Unicode values</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e329" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2385.3" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e316" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2287.8" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e329"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e316"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">While in the Text tool, pressing <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+U</flowSpan> toggles between Unicode and
normal mode. In Unicode mode, each group of 4 hexadecimal digits you type becomes a
<flowSpan font-weight="bold">Esc</flowSpan>.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2479.8276225000004" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2479.8276225000004" x="10">Using the grid for drawing icons</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2382.3274585000004" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2382.3274585000004" x="10">Using the grid for drawing icons</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e350" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2485" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e337" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2387.5" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e350"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e337"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Suppose you want to create a 24x24 pixel icon. Create a 24x24 px canvas (use the
<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Document Preferences</flowSpan>) and set the grid to 0.5 px (48x48 gridlines).
@@ -701,13 +686,13 @@ number, and export it at the default 90dpi (so that 1 px becomes 1 bitmap pixel)
get a crisp bitmap image without unneeded antialiasing.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2579.5230915" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2579.5230915" x="10">Object rotation</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2482.0229275" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2482.0229275" x="10">Object rotation</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e368" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2584.7" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e355" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2487.2" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e368"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e355"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">When in the Select tool, <flowSpan font-weight="bold">click</flowSpan> on an object to see the scaling arrows,
then <flowSpan font-weight="bold">click again</flowSpan> on the object to see the rotation and shift arrows. If
@@ -717,10 +702,10 @@ doing this, the rotation will occur around the opposite corner. You can also dra
rotation center to any place.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e380" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2655.8" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e367" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2558.3" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e380"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e367"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Or, you can rotate from keyboard by pressing <flowSpan font-weight="bold">[</flowSpan> and <flowSpan font-weight="bold">]</flowSpan>
(by 15 degrees) or <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+[</flowSpan> and <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+]</flowSpan> (by 90
@@ -728,43 +713,28 @@ degrees). The same <flowSpan font-weight="bold">[]</flowSpan> keys with <flowSpa
pixel-size rotation.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2707.6598815" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2707.6598815" x="10">Open dialog as an object palette</tspan>
- </text>
- <rect id="d0e407" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2712.9" x="10"/>
- <flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
- <flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e407"/>
- </flowRegion>
- <flowDiv xml:space="preserve">If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse in other
-documents, you can conveniently use the Open dialog as a palette. Add the directory with
-your SVG sources into the bookmarks list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that
-directory looking at the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to
-the canvas and it will be imported into your current document.
-</flowDiv>
- </flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2796.7153515" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2796.7153515" x="10">Drop shadows</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2610.1597175" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2610.1597175" x="10">Drop shadows</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e416" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2801.9" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e394" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2615.4" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e416"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e394"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Inkscape supports the Gaussian blur SVG filter, so you can easily create blurred drop
shadows for objects. Select an object, duplicate it by <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Ctrl+D</flowSpan>, press
<flowSpan font-weight="bold">PgDown</flowSpan> to put it beneath original object, place it a little to the right
and lower than original object. Now open Fill And Stroke dialog and change Blur value to,
-say, 5.0. That's it!
+say, 5.0. That's it!
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2875.1505325" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2875.1505325" x="10">Placing text on a path</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2688.5948985" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2688.5948985" x="10">Placing text on a path</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e431" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2880.4" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e409" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2693.8" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e431"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e409"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">To place text along a curve, select the text and the curve together and choose
<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Put on Path</flowSpan> from the Text menu. The text will start at the beginning
@@ -773,13 +743,13 @@ be fitted to, rather than fitting it to some other drawing element — this will
more control without screwing over your drawing.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2964.2060024999996" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="2964.2060024999996" x="10">Selecting the original</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2777.6503685" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2777.6503685" x="10">Selecting the original</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e443" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2969.4" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e421" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2782.9" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e443"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e421"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">When you have a text on path, a linked offset, or a clone, their source object/path may
be difficult to select because it may be directly underneath, or made invisible and/or
@@ -788,13 +758,13 @@ offset, or clone, and press <flowSpan font-weight="bold">Shift+D</flowSpan> to m
corresponding path, offset source, or clone original.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="3053.3206115" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="3053.3206115" x="10">Window off-screen recovery</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2866.7649775" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2866.7649775" x="10">Window off-screen recovery</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e458" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="3058.5" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e436" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2872" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e458"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e436"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">When moving documents between systems with different resolutions or number of displays,
you may find Inkscape has saved a window position that places the window out of reach on
@@ -804,18 +774,18 @@ option to save window geometry (<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Inkscape Pref
<flowSpan font-family="sans serif">Windows</flowSpan> tab).
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="3152.4848304999996" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
- <tspan y="3152.4848304999996" x="10">Transparency, gradients, and PostScript export</tspan>
+ <text style="writing-mode:lr;text-anchor:start;" font-weight="bold" font-size="8" y="2965.9291965" x="10" font-family="sans" font-style="normal" fill="#000000">
+ <tspan y="2965.9291965" x="10">Transparency, gradients, and PostScript export</tspan>
</text>
- <rect id="d0e473" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="3157.7" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e451" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="2971.1" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e473"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e451"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">PostScript or EPS formats do not support <flowSpan font-style="italic">transparency</flowSpan>, so you
should never use it if you are going to export to PS/EPS. In the case of flat
-transparency which overlays flat color, it's easy to fix it: Select one of the
-transparent objects; switch to the Dropper tool (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">F7</flowSpan>); make sure it's in
+transparency which overlays flat color, it's easy to fix it: Select one of the
+transparent objects; switch to the Dropper tool (<flowSpan font-weight="bold">F7</flowSpan>); make sure it's in
the “pick visible color without alpha” mode; click on that same object. That will pick
the visible color and assign it back to the object, but this time without
transparency. Repeat for all transparent objects. If your transparent object overlays
@@ -823,19 +793,19 @@ several flat color areas, you will need to break it correspondingly into pieces
apply this procedure to each piece.
</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <rect id="d0e482" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="3271.2" x="10"/>
+ <rect id="d0e460" display="none" height="1000px" width="288" y="3084.7" x="10"/>
<flowRoot style="writing-mode:lr-tb;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;" font-weight="normal" font-size="8" font-style="normal" font-stretch="normal" font-variant="normal" font-family="serif" line-height="133.00000%" fill="#000000">
<flowRegion>
- <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e482"/>
+ <use y="0" x="0" xlink:href="#d0e460"/>
</flowRegion>
<flowDiv xml:space="preserve">Exporting <flowSpan font-style="italic">gradients</flowSpan> to PS or EPS does not work for text
(unless text is converted to path) or for stroke paint. Also, since transparency is lost
-on PS or EPS export, you can't use e.g. a gradient from an <flowSpan font-style="italic">opaque</flowSpan>
+on PS or EPS export, you can't use e.g. a gradient from an <flowSpan font-style="italic">opaque</flowSpan>
blue to <flowSpan font-style="italic">transparent</flowSpan> blue; as a workaround, replace it by a gradient
from <flowSpan font-style="italic">opaque</flowSpan> blue to <flowSpan font-style="italic">opaque</flowSpan> background
color.</flowDiv>
</flowRoot>
- <g transform="translate(0, 3331.6222004999995)">
+ <g transform="translate(0, 3145.0665665)">
<defs id="defs3" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#">
<linearGradient id="linearGradient2465" y2="-7528.7" xlink:href="#linearGradient841" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x2="76.847" gradientTransform="matrix(2.149642,0.000000,0.000000,0.465194,-0.130153,3495.428)" y1="-7656.4" x1="76.847" inkscape:collect="always"/>
<radialGradient id="radialGradient2456" xlink:href="#linearGradient666" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" cy="1036.5" cx="233.92" gradientTransform="scale(1.825742,0.547723)" r="98.26" inkscape:collect="always"/>