Vector Graphics in SignWriting

Mon Jul 28 17:04:20 UTC 2008

Hello, there!

I trully sorry for being in silence for so long again, my dear list-mates! :)

The SVG format is an open standard maintained by W3C. So, any software  
vendor can have and study the format to implement their software  
solutions.
Hence, free software products have this aditional advantage of  
combining freely available(and "improvable") code and an open standard  
to deal with.

Designers say that inkscape is the best tool to deal with SVG  
currently(best among free and proprietary software).

You can find inkscape trhough its official web  
site(http://www.inkscape.org/). There one can find documentation,  
articles, screenshots and, obviously, downloads.

I've allways used it in gnu/linux but I believe that those downloads  
for windows  and mac might be as good as.

All the best,

Machado
P.S. Did you use a batch svg coinverting tool as as used before?

Citando Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>:

> I am glad you brought this up, Gerard, because actually I am surprised
> how hard it is to work with an SVG image...Of course we can all view
> the SVG in our web browsers, so viewing is not an issue....and I
> believe that Adobe Illustrator can access and change an SVG image, but
> I do not own Adobe Illustrator, and I wanted to open it in Photoshop,
> and to my surprise it seems that Photoshop cannot open an SVG image...
>
> Do you know of other programs besides Illustrator that can manipulate
> and change an SVG? It doesn't seem as "easy to change" as a bitmaps,
> for example...
>
> Obviously the difference is between "viewing" and "editing"...two very
> different things...
>
> It is a beautiful format to view, that is for sure! And I am happy
> that someday we will have an SVG version for the ISWA 2008...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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>
> On Jul 28, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>> I am using Windows XP and this platform is quite capable of showing  
>>   svg pictures. So rest assured when you have a reasonably modern    
>> computer, your computer will be able to show svg..
>> Thanks,
>>        GerardM
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Charles Butler   
>> <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com > wrote:
>> Hello Adam,
>>
>> Am I late in the game here?
>>
>> Wait, are you telling me that vector-based programs will not run on  
>>   a PC and you are writing all of your programs presuming that the   
>>  entire world is MAC based.  I hope not.  I thought that the  
>> purpose   of open-sourcing was just that, a program that CAN be run  
>> on any   program with a reasonable memory, not tied to one platform  
>> or  another.
>>
>> Charles Butler
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Adam Frost <frost at signwriting.org> wrote:
>> Yes, Inkscape on Mac requires the use of the X11 program to run. I   
>>  know you have it, but I bet you have to update it just like I did   
>>  when I put it on my Mac. If you go to the Inkscape website, they    
>> will link you to the X11 website so that you can download the   
>> latest  version. Or you can just go to this link to download the   
>> latest. http://xquartz.macosforge.org/
>>
>> Then after you do that, opening Inkscape should be no problem. You   
>>  may have to leave it open for awhile when opening it for the first  
>>   time while it seems to be doing nothing because it is  
>> communicating   with X11. After that it will open just fine (with  
>> X11 opening in  the  background).
>>
>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>
>>> SignWriting List
>>> July 24, 2008
>>>
>>> Thank you, Adam, for posting the SVG version of the sign for WORLD  
>>>   in ASL...I love the good looking symbols - you did a really good  
>>>   job ;-))
>>>
>>> And you are right, that as soon as we have the SVG version of the   
>>>  ISWA it will be just terrific... It may actually take some time    
>>> before that happens, but sooner or later it will happen....;-)
>>>
>>> Meanwhile...a funny story..I downloaded the program Inkscape to    
>>> open your svg file, but oddly enough it refuses to open on my Mac,  
>>>   and it said it was a Mac version, so I must have done something   
>>>  wrong...and I was surprised that Photoshop doesn't open the    
>>> file...it says it is a format it doesn't understand...so is it   
>>> only  Illustrator and html that opens SVG? The Adobe SVG reader is  
>>>  being  phased out I understand from their web site...so it seems   
>>>  frustrating when you can't open an SVG file except in a web    
>>> browser...how can I open it to manipulate symbol size etc?
>>>
>>> You can see I have much to learn about SVG!
>>>
>>> Val ;-)
>>>
>>> <world01.png>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <world.svg>
>>>
>>>
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