Hi all, just got this response from the editor of the aforementioned journal: "thank you very, very much for the excellent graphic quality." This means that the problem was really solved, thank you for all your help, Ingvild From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: need help with svg in SignPuddle Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:37:48 +0100 Beautiful. Thank you all, Ingvild > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:41:51 -0701 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: need help with svg in SignPuddle > To: [log in to unmask] > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:54:34PM -0600, Steve Slevinski wrote: > > Hi Ingvild, > > > > We can get this done. Can you point to the source material? > > > > If the default ColumnMaker isn't adequate, I can help make something > > work. I know that Alan Post has experience making SVG with > > SignPuddle data. If he sees this, maybe he can comment. > > > > Regards, > > -Steve > > > > I'll talk about my process, in the event it is useful. I'm sorry to > report I don't have anything more convenient. There are surely better > ways to solve the problem you're having, the solution outlined here > solves the problem I have. > > > I download the .svg file, which doesn't seem to be the problem here, > it seems that instead the question is how to convert this to a > bitmap at an appropriate dpi? > > I'm typesetting my final document using TeX, which uses .eps files > (encapsulated postscript) as it's image format. I use a program > called inksacpe to convert my .svg file to .eps (the underlying > library that does this is called Cairo, which I don't think is > relevant here.): > > $ inkscape -f file.svg -E file.eps > > I do some intermediate processing, in part to compute the bounding > box so I can later scale it. The method I use to determine the > size, orientation, and scaling factor are specific to my problem, > so I won't go over them. > > I use the epsf package to render my final document, which is where > I do scaling from the size of the .svg file to the size as I want > it to appear on the page. Here is an example TeX file demonstrating > that: > > \input epsf > \epsfysize=1in\epsfbox[0 0 15 12]{technique.eps} > \vfill\eject > > In this case, My final render size is 1 inch, but my .eps file > (which was created from the .svg file) has dimensions 15x12. > > Best wishes, > > -Alan > -- > .i ma'a lo bradi cu penmi gi'e du >