--- In [email protected], "wendellxe" <wendellxe@...> wrote: > > I'm evaluating graphics formats for a project to programmatically generate > illustrations for inclusion in print documents. >
What kind of print documents are we talking about, or more precisely, what would be the workflow to generate the print documents? I'm using rsvg-convert and Ghostscript to prepare SVGs for use with LaTeX. Secifically, like this (on a Linux machine), because pdflatex wasn't happy with the PDF level: rsvg-convert -f pdf in.svg | gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -o=out.pdf - Librsvg and Ghostscript are also available for Windows[1][2][3]. Other options for conversion to PDF and other formats would be Inkscape[4] (optionally from the command line[5]) or Batik[6], the latter using Apache FOP, an XSL-FO processor, to generate PDF or EPS graphics. XSL-FO is for generating print documents and I read SVG support was good among different XSL-FO implementations, though I've never used XSL-FO myself. If EPS graphics are useful for you, you should however be aware that SVG features like opacity, filters or maybe gradients might be rasterized during the SVG to EPS conversion process. Not a problem in itself, but then it might be preferable to be converting to raster graphics in the first place (I'd suggest PNG and in general strongly discourage using JPEG when converting SVGs). Thomas W. [1] http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/librsvg/ [2] http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win64/librsvg/ [3] http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html [4] http://inkscape.org/ [5] http://inkscape.org/doc/inkscape-man.html [6] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/tools/rasterizer.html ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
