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
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