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** All text is rendered in the same font as the original .pdf | ** All text is rendered in the same font as the original .pdf | ||
** All text is appropriately sequential (multi-column pdfs are handled correctly) | ** All text is appropriately sequential (multi-column pdfs are handled correctly) | ||
** Arbitrary "page to import" is selectable for multi-page documents. | |||
* Arbitrary .svg files can be "saved as" .pdf files | * Arbitrary .svg files can be "saved as" .pdf files | ||
** What does the .pdf rendering model have that .svg does not? | ** What does the .pdf rendering model have that .svg does not? | ||
** What does the .svg rendering model have that .pdf does not? | ** What does the .svg rendering model have that .pdf does not? | ||
** Perhaps you would like to help EricWilhelm fill-out this table: [http://scratchcomputing.com/projects/uber-converter/chromista_features.html xar/svg/ps/pdf/crs features] (contact me to get the YAML source) | |||
* Hyperlinks in the PDF file are preserved in the SVG. | * Hyperlinks in the PDF file are preserved in the SVG. | ||
* Exporting the SVG to .png produces a pixel accurate ... | * Exporting the SVG to .png produces a pixel accurate ... | ||
* ... please refactor and refine ... | * ... please refactor and refine ... | ||
Revision as of 07:41, 11 December 2005
This page identifies exactly what sort of PDF support Inkscape needs. This information is essential to complete the plan for the PrintingConsensusPoll.
- Arbitrary .pdf and .ps files can be opened or imported directly into an inkscape document in exactly the way that .svg files are imported.
- All shapes are editable
- All text is rendered in the same font as the original .pdf
- All text is appropriately sequential (multi-column pdfs are handled correctly)
- Arbitrary "page to import" is selectable for multi-page documents.
- Arbitrary .svg files can be "saved as" .pdf files
- What does the .pdf rendering model have that .svg does not?
- What does the .svg rendering model have that .pdf does not?
- Perhaps you would like to help EricWilhelm fill-out this table: xar/svg/ps/pdf/crs features (contact me to get the YAML source)
- Hyperlinks in the PDF file are preserved in the SVG.
- Exporting the SVG to .png produces a pixel accurate ...
- ... please refactor and refine ...