PDF Support

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 .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?
• Hyperlinks in the PDF file are preserved in the SVG.
• Exporting the SVG to .png produces a pixel accurate ...
• ... please refactor and refine ...