This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check out editors such as Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like? librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks. Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG format. I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects?
I guess Nim may have a svg library but I haven't checked yet. Nim compiles to C. -- Protegido com Tuta Mail: https://tuta.com/free-email 15/03/2026, 17:47 por lmemsm@gmail.com:
This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check out editors such as Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like?
librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks.
Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG format.
I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects? _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
Yes, of course :) I have used 'Oh My SVG!' for reducing the size of SVGs more efficiently. Today, I read that GIMP's SVG capabilities have been improved for GIMP 3.2 (e.g. it can reload / update layers with external SVG files automatically, and it supports Vector layers now, too). As a shameless plug, my extensions for Inkscape (some I started, some I picked up from others) also handle SVG, even if 'by proxy', for the most part: https://inkscape.org/~Moini/galleries/extension/ . And of course, Scribus is a fixed part of my SVG-to-print-service workflow. It imports Inkscape SVGs and turns them into print-ready, color-managed PDF files, which Inkscape doesn't do yet. As for fun - I had a lot of fun exploring a collection of third-party Inkscape extensions compiled and maintained by Mario from the FabLab in Chemnitz: https://gitea.fablabchemnitz.de/FabLab_Chemnitz/mightyscape-1.2/ And I still want to try out Friction (Vector animation tool, derived from the abandoned enve). I heard they fixed a bug that prevented me from using it, and am waiting for an updated beta version or the new release. Maren Am 15.03.26 um 17:26 schrieb LM:
This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check out editors such as Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like?
librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks.
Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG format.
I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects? _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
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Maren Hachmann