Thread: Display of a png image linked to a svg image
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Old 03-12-2015, 09:03 PM   #1
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Display of a png image linked to a svg image
Hi

I had a curious experiment. Using Inkscape, I linked a png image to a svg image (containing lines of text shaped around the png). I saved as a simple svg file. I inserted both images in an EPUB with an embedded font. I updated the link (href...) for the png image within the svg file using the Editor which helped me with its violet color.

Pity: the editor did not display the linked png file, only the svg one. Even the Calibre viewer refused to display it...

I imported the unchanged EPUB in Calibre. I exported it to PDF format using the Prince PDF plugin of Jellby and it worked perfectly. I can reproduce it: I have a nice PDF with a perfect display of my combined images (png within svg).

This seems to show that the EPUB code is sound. My question is: what should I do so that the display could also take place on one EPUB? Is this a missing feature?
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