[Tutorial] Bitmap tracing -- Quick & Simple SVG Text Images with Inkscape - Page 2

RbnJrg · 10-30-2015, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dgatwood

Just to clarify, by PDF, I meant a PDF containing actual vector data and/or text, not a PDF that's just an empty wrapper around a bitmap.

Also you can create a table or graphics or whatever with Excel (or any spreadsheet), save that sheet as .pdf and then import it in Inkscape. The keys in order that results will be perfect are:

1. The .pdf must be saved with the highest quality. I discovered that the built-in "Save as .pdf" comand of the spreadshet, it doesn't make a good .pdf. It's preferable to save the sheet as .pdf with a program like pdfFactory.

2. When you import the .pdf in Inkscape (by using the command "Open") and the "Pdf Import Setting" dialog appears, in the "Import settings" field, you must set a value of 130 (VERY IMPORTANT) or upper.

In this post you can see an example of a svg table built with that method:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...00&postcount=4

Regards

DaleDe · 10-30-2015, 11:45 AM

Nice,

Dale

RbnJrg · 10-30-2015, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Nice,

Dale

Thank you. The posted example is a plain table but you can convert as svg any table made with a spreadsheet with the styles (colors, borders, etc.) that a spreadsheet can apply.

grumbles · 11-05-2015, 04:01 PM

@Turtle91

I had done a search on svg and came across the suggestion about changing stroke and fill. I knew a simpler, more direct way so I offered it. The fact that it was old was not relevant. Someone else may do a search and come across it as well.

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grumbles Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Pandigital Novel (Black), T-2 and 3, Nexus 7	@Turtle91 I had done a search on svg and came across the suggestion about changing stroke and fill. I knew a simpler, more direct way so I offered it. The fact that it was old was not relevant. Someone else may do a search and come across it as well.