Speaking for Krita, I would also prefer to use SVG for text, integrated with vector layers, in openraster.
On dinsdag 26 november 2019 00:18:55 CET InkLab App wrote: > Good Evening All, > > I was happy to attend my first Krita general meeting earlier today and > speak to some of the nice folk there. After some general questions I had > regarding the openraster specification I was directed that the relevant > details might not be discussed until the Libre graphics meeting but that I > could try here in the meantime. As I am from across the pond it is > difficult for me to attend in short order but I hope to be able to one day. > :) > > For my side project I am very interested in defining and heavily using a > raster interchange format that is, for lack of a better description, better > than PSD. My main background is as a python and javascript developer so my > first forays into the project have been to start writing some APIs for > openraster for those languages. I have published one of them on Pypi (I can > link if anyone asks) and I am actively developing the other. However, I am > interested in providing whatever technical help is needed to make the > specification better overall. > > One after reading the information on openraster.org, one specific point > that came to mind was the definition of text layers. After speaking to some > of the Krita folks, it seemed like a nice goal would be to just integrate > <svg> based layers instead of specific <text> layers. This gives the great > option of supporting both raster and vector graphics in general, and in the > current structure, Because all layer data is stored as raster by default > (under /data) a full svg renderer is not required by programs to simply > preview the files, they could just fall back to the raster rendering, and > add SVG support as they go. Just some initial thoughts after the > discussion, but I Assume many here have been on the scene much longer so I > would love to hear some feedback. > > Sorry for the text wall and again please let me know how I can contribute > to this effort! > > Thanks, > -Paul > -- Boudewijn Rempt | https://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org
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