High Resolution Images

Adam Frost icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM
Mon Mar 31 19:56:53 UTC 2008 

True, true. You have a point. I just don't know how to tell Inkscape  
which lines I want to be curved to infinity and which I don't without  
having to inspect each one up close. :-)

Adam

On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Bill Reese wrote:

> Adam,
>
> A straight line is a curve with a radius of infinity.  ;-)
>
> Almost joking.  I work with vectors every day and have seen a  
> drawing done that way.  The "look" of the drawing was as if there  
> were lines and curves but it was all done with arcs.  Theoretically,  
> as long as the visual impact is the same, does it matter?  After  
> all, the world isn't flat but try telling that to someone who wants  
> something "perfectly flat."  Essentially (and simplistically),  
> they're saying they want something that approximates the curvature  
> of the earth so that nothing will roll on it.
>
> Bill
>
>
> Adam Frost wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I agree. Which is why I had a hard time trying to create SVG  
>> with SignWriting. Inkscape has no idea which lines are supposed to  
>> be curved and which are supposed to be straight when doing batching.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>
>>> SignWriting List
>>> March 31, 2008
>>>
>>> Wow. I didn't realize that Inkscape was how Machado did the SVG of  
>>> the IMWA 2004...I thought the software was specifically developed  
>>> just for the SignWriting symbols to become SVG...so this is good  
>>> news...thanks for informing us!
>>>
>>> Val ;-)
>>>
>>> PS. Yesterday I finished the final ID numbers of the ISWA 2008!
>>>
>>> Now I am cleaning some of the bitmapped graphics, to make the  
>>> bitmaps look prettier, while Steve is finishing his new  
>>> software....and then we will be testing the ISWA with the new  
>>> software...Then we are planning an SVG version of the ISWA  
>>> too...so in time, the SVG version of the ISWA will become the norm  
>>> is my guess...
>>>
>>> But one point about the SVG that Steve and I hope to produce of  
>>> the ISWA...I am hoping that the squares will be sharp-lined  
>>> squares, with clean lines, rather than the tracing effect that the  
>>> Inkscape created...then, once our very perfect SVG version is  
>>> created, of course others can create different typestyle effects,  
>>> such as the Inkscape style...but our original SVG of the ISWA  
>>> needs to really look like the original bitmaps except without the  
>>> zagged lines...
>>>
>>> -----------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Adam Frost wrote:
>>>> Yes, it can. That is how the SVG symbols for 2004 were done.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Bill Reese wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Stuart,
>>>>>
>>>>> That looks good!  Looking real quick at Inkscape's online  
>>>>> manual, it appears it may be able to do batch conversions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thiessen Stuart wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi! I did a quick test with my namesign with Inkscape. I just  
>>>>>> imported the namesign from SignPuddle and then told it to trace  
>>>>>> the bitmap. Here are the results. I told it to output in SVG  
>>>>>> and OpenDocument Drawing (which is something OpenOffice can  
>>>>>> read).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stuart
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 31 Mar 2008, at 11:34 , Stephen Jones wrote:
>>>>>>> Sandy and everyone:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for the offer. I actually had that sign class the  
>>>>>>> same day I sent this message so I had to make do with the  
>>>>>>> pixelated images. I would be very interested to see the  
>>>>>>> software once it is finished!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stuart:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for the tip on inkscape. I will definitly look into  
>>>>>>> that and see what I can come up with.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Valerie:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the link to the SVG IMWA 2004.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To all: so far the class has been going great. All the  
>>>>>>> students seem to be picking up sign writing and they ask  
>>>>>>> questions to clarify at the end. It will be interesting to see  
>>>>>>> how well they will understand it by the end of the class.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> Stephen Jones
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org 
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Stephen,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How many signs are you thinking of? I'm working (very slowly,  
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> afraid), on software that can produce this sort of thing.  
>>>>>>> Unfortunately
>>>>>>> it's not ready yet, but I could perhaps produce what you want  
>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>> interim if there's not too much of it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could of course just learn Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or  
>>>>>>> similar!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sandy Fleming
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:13 -0400, Stephen Jones wrote:
>>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I am currently trying to make signs that are about the size  
>>>>>>> of half a
>>>>>>> > page. Is there an easy way to make the signs larger without  
>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>> > becoming pixelated? I am making these for use in a  
>>>>>>> conversational ASL
>>>>>>> > class at my church.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>>>> > Stephen Jones
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
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