On 16-Oct-2012 13:19:02 Mark Rogers wrote:
On 16/10/12 14:06, Brett Parker wrote:
Do you mean vector graphics or do you mean DTP...
As long as I can export to PNG when finished (yes I know that PNG isn't vector, but it'll need to work in a vector format until I'm happy) I just want whatever is easiest! (The end result will go onto a t-shirt.)
For vector graphics, I believe the app de jour is Inkscape.
I expected to have trouble with Inkscape to be honest (been a while since I last used it) but I just installed and tried it, and it seems pretty much perfect for what I need.
Things it seems good at are:
- selecting loads of individual chars and changing all their fonts in one go,
without changing other attributes (size, colour).
- allowing me to move characters around easily as objects. When I tried this
in gimp I got into a right layers mess, in LibreOffice Draw it worked but you have to click the surround of the text box (not into the text box) in just the right place to move something.
- easy to change the colour of any character in a single click.
For DTP I'd say Scribus.
If I get stuck I'll come back to Scribus later but for now Inkscape does what I need, thanks!
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For something like that, I would simply go for groff (installed on all Linux systems) using, in particular, its 'pic' component.
Executive summary: With straightforward textual input, you can place arbitrary marks at arbitrary positions on the page (though you might have to define the "arbitrary marks").
Later, I'll have a go at emulating the Wedding thingies on that website, to demonstrate how to do it.
Till later, Ted.
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