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Beautiful. Thank you all,<br><br>Ingvild
<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:41:51 -0701<br>> From: alanpost@SUNFLOWERRIVER.ORG<br>> Subject: Re: need help with svg in SignPuddle<br>> To: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br>> <br>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:54:34PM -0600, Steve Slevinski wrote:<br>> > Hi Ingvild,<br>> > <br>> > We can get this done. Can you point to the source material?<br>> > <br>> > If the default ColumnMaker isn't adequate, I can help make something<br>> > work. I know that Alan Post has experience making SVG with<br>> > SignPuddle data. If he sees this, maybe he can comment.<br>> > <br>> > Regards,<br>> > -Steve<br>> > <br>> <br>> I'll talk about my process, in the event it is useful. I'm sorry to<br>> report I don't have anything more convenient. There are surely better<br>> ways to solve the problem you're having, the solution outlined here<br>> solves the problem I have.<br>> <br>> <br>> I download the .svg file, which doesn't seem to be the problem here,<br>> it seems that instead the question is how to convert this to a<br>> bitmap at an appropriate dpi?<br>> <br>> I'm typesetting my final document using TeX, which uses .eps files<br>> (encapsulated postscript) as it's image format. I use a program<br>> called inksacpe to convert my .svg file to .eps (the underlying<br>> library that does this is called Cairo, which I don't think is<br>> relevant here.):<br>> <br>> $ inkscape -f file.svg -E file.eps<br>> <br>> I do some intermediate processing, in part to compute the bounding<br>> box so I can later scale it. The method I use to determine the<br>> size, orientation, and scaling factor are specific to my problem,<br>> so I won't go over them.<br>> <br>> I use the epsf package to render my final document, which is where<br>> I do scaling from the size of the .svg file to the size as I want<br>> it to appear on the page. Here is an example TeX file demonstrating<br>> that:<br>> <br>> \input epsf<br>> \epsfysize=1in\epsfbox[0 0 15 12]{technique.eps}<br>> \vfill\eject<br>> <br>> In this case, My final render size is 1 inch, but my .eps file<br>> (which was created from the .svg file) has dimensions 15x12.<br>> <br>> Best wishes,<br>> <br>> -Alan<br>> -- <br>> .i ma'a lo bradi cu penmi gi'e du<br>> <br></div> </div></body>
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