High Resolution Images

Bill Reese wreese01 at TAMPABAY.RR.COM
Mon Mar 31 19:50:09 UTC 2008 

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 <mailto: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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