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Adam,<br>
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A straight line is a curve with a radius of infinity. ;-)<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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Adam Frost wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:70AC66E3-FB90-4153-8202-414258291D7C@gmail.com"
type="cite">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.
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<div>Adam</div>
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<div>On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:</div>
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<div>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!</div>
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<div>Val ;-)</div>
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<div>PS. Yesterday I finished the final ID numbers of the ISWA 2008!</div>
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<div>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...</div>
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<div>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...</div>
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<div>On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Adam Frost wrote:<br
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<div style="">Yes, it can. That is how the SVG symbols for 2004
were done.
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<div>On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Bill Reese wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Stuart,<br>
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That looks good! Looking real quick at Inkscape's online manual, it
appears it may be able to do batch conversions.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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Thiessen Stuart wrote:
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cite="mid:93C9C364-8C0A-4729-B03D-B8A6F238267D@gmail.com" type="cite">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).
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<div>Stuart</div>
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<div>On 31 Mar 2008, at 11:34 , Stephen Jones wrote:<br
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<blockquote type="cite">Sandy and everyone:<br>
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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!<br>
<br>
Stuart:<br>
<br>
Thank you for the tip on inkscape. I will definitly look into that and
see what I can come up with.<br>
<br>
Valerie:<br>
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Thanks for the link to the SVG IMWA 2004. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Stephen Jones<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM,
Sandy Fleming <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sandy@scotstext.org">sandy@scotstext.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Stephen,<br>
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How many signs are you thinking of? I'm working (very slowly, I'm<br>
afraid), on software that can produce this sort of thing. Unfortunately<br>
it's not ready yet, but I could perhaps produce what you want in the<br>
interim if there's not too much of it.<br>
<br>
You could of course just learn Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or similar!<br>
<br>
Sandy Fleming<br>
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On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:13 -0400, Stephen Jones wrote:<br>
> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> I am currently trying to make signs that are about the size of
half a<br>
> page. Is there an easy way to make the signs larger without them<br>
> becoming pixelated? I am making these for use in a conversational
ASL<br>
> class at my church.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> Stephen Jones<br>
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