[Clipart] OCAL identified by IBM as resource for Linux migrations
Nicu Buculei
nicu at apsro.com
Tue Dec 28 06:49:35 PST 2004
Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
> If I were doing this, I'd set up a basic card in OpenOffice.org Writer
> with the paper size and margins and columns and whatnot right and then
> do all of the cards in the same basic shape, substituting different
> images and of course text (and fonts) for each card.
compared with Writer, i think OpenOffice.org Draw is a better tool for
this job, but, IMO, Inkscape is (except printing) *much* better. (OOo
can't draw antialiased shapes, can't import our SVG clipart etc.)
> Now, there's a thought. I suppose you could do the whole card in
> Inkscape, as far as that goes, and then submit the whole thing. The
> only thing that worries me about that is the fonts -- other users may
> not have the same ones installed on their systems. Does Inkscape have
> any way to trace around the letters in your card and create SVG shapes
> based on them? Also, what would the copyright implications be of
> doing so with non-public-domain fonts?
Inkscape can convert text to paths.
version 0.40 can trace bitmpas, but i think converting text to paths is
enough in this case.
--
nicu
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