Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a family of specifications of an XML-based file format for two-dimensional vector graphics.
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Set 'preserveAspectRatio' in Inkscape
As there is a bug in Inkscape regarding preserveAspectRatio, a stretched image will appear differently in browsers than in Inkscape. It will be stretched to the full area in Inkscape, while the aspect ...
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Is it possible to take a screenshot of a web page as an SVG image?
I have a webpage which is entirely vector-based (text, icon fonts, SVGs, but no PNGs, JPEGs, or GIFs).
Is there any way to take a vector screenshot of that webpage and save it as a fully-scalable SVG ...
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Importing Font Awesome to Inkscape for Icon Reference
I use Inkscape to mockup a lot, and I'd like to open the font-awesome svg file so that I can have the icons ready to copy/paste into my mockups. However, upon opening this file, it seems to be empty, ...
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Does SVG automatically resize for retina displays?
I'm trying to make my webpage look great on every device, I have an Retina Macbook 15" and an iPhone 5, and a regular low DPI desktop, so I want it to look as good as possible on all of them, and I ...
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Inkscape rotation unexpectedly modifies rectangle coordinates
I use Inkscape to create levels for my game. My problem is: I create rectangle and when I want to rotate it, it is changing the (x,y) position of the rectangle.
Here is a video of the coordinates ...
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Converting large SVG to PNG file
So I have a 16mb SVG file with about 30,000 nodes and I've been trying to convert it to a 10,000x10,000 png image. I tried a lot of stuff and the closest I got was with inkscape, but it got some weird ...
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inkscape export to eps with anti-aliasing?
Is there any way for Inkscape to export from the original svg to eps with anti-aliasing? I am trying to deliver my images in the best quality possible from the original svg to the required eps or ps ...
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How do you get evince to display svgs?
Evince does not support svgs on its own, however I have the following situation:
Ubuntu 11.04 / Evince 2.32.0
Ubuntu 11.10 / Evince 3.2.1
Debian 7.0 / Evince 3.4.0
Now, the odd thing is, on 1. I ...
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SVG embedding not working after Libreoffice upgrade from 3.6 to 4
I used LibreOffice 3.6 to create some documents with some SVG images (insert -> image).
When I open now these documents in LibreOffice 4, the SVG images are not shown.
Is there some bug in LibreOffice ...
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How to view and search in SVG on GNU/Linux in a good way?
There are already some more or less generic like (Eye of Gnome) and specialized (rsvg-display) viewers that work on Linux. I find them not good enough hovewer, especially for viewing big things like ...
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inkscape simplify plot imported from pdf with thousands of dots
I am using inkscape to edit a figure that contains 3 different plots, one of which is an xy plot containing thousands of points. The other two plots are easy to handle, but every time I want to move ...
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Windows 8 RT Internet Explorer- SVG plugin?
My current company is using a GIS firm that requires us to web-interface with it specifically with 'Internet Explorer' and with the 'current' 6/7 year old Adobe SVG Plugin.
I've thrown every ...
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Convert gif to svg using inkscape
Is there any way to convert a gif file to svg using command line inkscape? I would like to convert the gif to a "real" svg but bot just embed the gif into the svg. Or any other command line tool to do ...
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Program to render large SVG files
I am trying to view a large SVG files (about 20 MB). I tried using squiggle from batik, but it has been rendering for at least 20 minutes without producing any results. A similar file about half the ...
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Make a space character in Inkscape SVG font editor?
When using Inkscape to make SVG fonts, I'm just curious if there's a way to make blank characters - characters that are just space. Inkscape requires that you press [get curves from selection] for a ...
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How do you preserve element id's when editing an SVG in Adobe Illustrator?
I am working on a process in which we will generate SVG's with id's on certain elements. I want to be able to edit the SVG in Adobe Illustrator. However, I found that when I edit the file in ...
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“Bake” an SVG image into a PNG at a given resolution?
I'm on Linux and I'd like to take an SVG file and bake it into a PNG file at a given resolution (scaling). Is there a way to do this quickly and effectively from the command line?
I'm looking for ...
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How to convert fxg to svg?
I need to convert fxg files to svg. How can I do that?
They are similar formats. I am wondering if there are any tools that will convert from one to another.
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Illustrator: Process SVGs without resizing
I have a simple SVG of shapes that I wish to process using Adobe Illustrator (to merge some adjacent shapes). Unfortunately, when I save the processed shapes as SVG again, the size of the image has ...
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Batch convert svg to ico, specifying size?
In Windows, I have a GNOME icon theme in the svg format; several svg files residing within subfolders. Is there a way, on the command line, to convert these to ico files with the same name in the same ...
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How to convert OmniGraffle files to a non-proprietary format [closed]
I have inherited a bunch of graphs in OmniGraffle format which I need to edit. I do not have access to a Mac, and I have no desire to buy OmniGraffle either. I've looked at the .graffle files which ...
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Convert SVG that has an Arabic text to png (or any raster)
I have an SVG file which has Arabic texts. When I tried to convert it to a raster format Arabic text became unicode signs. Latin letters are allright. I tried imageMagick and rsvg-convert. Both are ...
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How do I exclude invisible layers from SVG code?
In Illustrator, when I save a file as an SVG, the code includes everything on the artboard, even layers that are not visible. How do I save SVGs which ONLY include visible layers?
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How can I scale an SVG via command line?
An SVG has these properties, that determine its size:
width="146.91299pt"
height="78.079002pt"
viewBox="0 0 146.913 78.079"
I would like to scale a given SVG to a with of 400pt by command line ...
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Transform a triangle into a Square with relative transforms on covered objects
Take a look at this picture on wikimedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/View_volume.svg
I have a similiar setup in inkscape and want to transform the grey part into a square.
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Command line tool to convert SVG to EMF (Enhanced Metafile)
I know I can use Save as in Inkscape to convert from SVG to Enhanced Metafile (EMF). But if I have several files this is a bit cumbersome. Is there a command line tool I could use instead?
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Print SVG file correctly scaled
I've developed an SVG file using Inkscape. The object is 16cm large, but when I print it from Inkscape, it is just ~3cm small. How to print an SVG file correctly scaled?
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Vector graphics formats: SVG , EPS or PDF [closed]
How does the vector graphics formats svg , eps and pdf compare against each other(Quality, filesize etc)?
If I can generate(eg matplotlib) plot in any of the above formats, which format should I ...
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Creating graphic files with Command Line programs [closed]
I'd like to create graphic files in bulk. Preferably from a bash script in Linux.
I was thinking creating SVG files from a bash script, maybe with some SED & AWK was do-able.. and maybe use ...
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Export Excel graphs as vector graphics files (e.g. SVGs)?
How can I export a graph generated in Excel as an editable vector graphics file, e.g. a SVG?
When I right click on a graph in Excel the 'Save as Picture...' option only gives non-vector formats (like ...
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Need to convert SVG, EPS or PDF to Photoshop custom shape
I have an object in vector in SVG, EPS and PDF formats. I need any of them to be imported to Adobe Photoshop as a custom vector shape. How can I do that?
Thanks a lot in advance
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how to rotate an SVG file 90 degrees?
I printed out a diagram from MATLAB and it's rotated 90 degrees clockwise from where it should be.
Is there software that can help me fix this and rotate an SVG file?
I tried tweaking the SVG ...
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Illustrator SVG how can I use only absolute coordinates
I cant anywhere find how to set in Illustrator that I want to use SVG in ONLY ABSOLUTE coordinates. I found a lot of stuff about Inkscape as easy as this:
Change the preferences for 'SVG Output > ...
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How do I convert an SVG to a PDF on Linux
How do I convert and SVG (containing a a few words of latin text and some simple vector graphics) to a PDF on Linux?
I tried Inkscape 0.47 on Ubuntu Lucid, but it moves some sub-graphics randomly, ...
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Fast SVG viewer
I am generating some quite large SVG files (a couple of MBs) with a lot of elements. I would like a really fast viewer to view them.
I have tried Inkscape and Inkview, but Inkview takes 5-10 seconds ...
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Opening *.svg with IE9 raises 'Open, Save As' dialog
I am attempting to open an SVG file with Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit). When doing so, I am prompted with the standard Open, Save, Save As dialog.
This happens when dropping an SVG file onto IE or ...
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SVG to After Effects workflow?
I have a JavaScript chart component that outputs SVG. (It's kind of like an animated bar chart with a time slider.)
One of my clients would like to customize this animation further in After Effects - ...
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Convert animated SVG to animated GIF? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Convert animated SVG to movie
Is it possible to convert an animated SVG-image to an animated GIF?
I have seen this question Convert animated SVG to movie but "Squiggle" ...
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How can I save a website as a vector graphic?
I'm looking for a solution to save a single web page or a section of it as a vector graphic in my latex document. Do you know a tool, trick or service which helps to do this?
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Circular, brushed metal effect in InkScape?
Does anyone know how to make a circular, brushed metal surface with InkScape?
I don't need the "cloud" shape, just the metal background.
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How to get SVG thumbnails in Windows Explorer?
I can open them in browser just OK, but how can I have thumbnails in the Windows Explorer?
Edit: I installed Renesis Player as suggested by this answer, but it does not work for me, probably because ...
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How do I handle hebrew and english text in inkscape
I have created a svg file with inkscape that contains english and hebrew text. Both the english and the hebrew text flow to the right (correct) direction when the svg is opened in the inkscape editor. ...
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SVG Not Displaying Completely in Chrome/Firefox
Why is this SVG image not displaying properly in Chrome or Firefox? It displays as expected in IE 9. I tested this in Firefox 5 and 6 and Chrome 13, 14, and 15--all on Windows. I'll test Linux and ...
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How to change color in a line drawing
I have a SVG drawing with black foreground and white background.
What is the easiest way to change foreground to white and the background to transparent (in InkScape or similar free program)?
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Generating SVG from LaTeX (tikz)?
How can I generate an SVG image from a LaTeX file - more precisely, a tikz diagram? I'm working in Windows.
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In Inkscape, is it possible to centre-align arcs that have different start and end angles?
In Inkscape, I wish to draw several arcs that are perfectly centred upon each other. The individual arcs need to have different start and end angles. The problem is that when an arc spans less than ...
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free linux command line tool to convert SVG to PDF and/or some commonly-used bitmap format?
Is there a free linux command line tool to convert SVG to PDF and/or some commonly-used bitmap format (for example PNG)?
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HTML to SVG conversion?
I would like to convert some somewhat straightforward web pages (no javascript, minimal CSS) into SVG for archiving. I am wondering if there is a suggested tool or workflow for this conversion?
My ...
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How to extract an embedded image from a SVG file?
I have a SVG file that contains at least one embedded JPG/PNG image inside. I want to extract the JPG/PNG images from that SVG file and save them on disk.
I'm adding the inkscape tag as it is the ...
