12-24-2016, 03:10 PM
Thanks Rich.
That's definitely better with the vector fonts.
Is it fair to say that everything other than photos is better when done with vectors... at least from a scalable perspective, and as you point out, printing?
I have just had a hellish experience with an image, that ultimately was redone in inkscape, and then converted to a high quality png, to maintain transparency.
I'd set up an arrangement with an international transporter, but the actual account hadn't been opened.
Got paid for an item - can I deliver to depot?
You've got to sign this form, we'll open the account, then bring it.
It was great... the PDF form pre-filled... I pasted my sig and returned it.
No good.... a company stamp was needed, but I didn't have one (haven't used one in decades).
Gimp to the rescue I thought.... by 1:00am it was done, and it was awful.
My simple A shaped graphic was jagged, and the text was blurry.
The next day I turned to Inkscape.
Experimenting with trace, I got a vector outline, which I stroked with a large line width, then re-entered the text, and gave the stamp the traditional square border.
Converted everything to blue, and for the final effect rotated the stamp by a few degrees
I merged my black signature beneath the blue stamp and saved to png.
Imported it into PDF signature tool.
Signed the doc with my new sig - which is now a stamp and signature.
The transport company were very pleased with my work... and within an hour I was transporting the case to the depot
It was real pressure learning, but it certainly brought home the need to learn to combine draw and paint programs.
It looks like Scribus could be a third package that requires learning.
At least with Scribus, it will leave the fonts in a vector format.
Also, the official Artisan logo could be imported into Scribus as an SVG image.
Of course, Scribus is nothing like Ventura Publisher, but I'm presuming that the general concept is the same.
Anyway, the good news is that I now have a beautiful stamp to accompany my signature.
However, I guess the moral of the story is:
If you are going to do some trading... make yourself a company stamp, and don't leave it till the last minute.
That's definitely better with the vector fonts.
Is it fair to say that everything other than photos is better when done with vectors... at least from a scalable perspective, and as you point out, printing?
I have just had a hellish experience with an image, that ultimately was redone in inkscape, and then converted to a high quality png, to maintain transparency.
I'd set up an arrangement with an international transporter, but the actual account hadn't been opened.
Got paid for an item - can I deliver to depot?
You've got to sign this form, we'll open the account, then bring it.
It was great... the PDF form pre-filled... I pasted my sig and returned it.
No good.... a company stamp was needed, but I didn't have one (haven't used one in decades).
Gimp to the rescue I thought.... by 1:00am it was done, and it was awful.
My simple A shaped graphic was jagged, and the text was blurry.
The next day I turned to Inkscape.
Experimenting with trace, I got a vector outline, which I stroked with a large line width, then re-entered the text, and gave the stamp the traditional square border.
Converted everything to blue, and for the final effect rotated the stamp by a few degrees
I merged my black signature beneath the blue stamp and saved to png.
Imported it into PDF signature tool.
Signed the doc with my new sig - which is now a stamp and signature.
The transport company were very pleased with my work... and within an hour I was transporting the case to the depot
It was real pressure learning, but it certainly brought home the need to learn to combine draw and paint programs.
It looks like Scribus could be a third package that requires learning.
At least with Scribus, it will leave the fonts in a vector format.
Also, the official Artisan logo could be imported into Scribus as an SVG image.
Of course, Scribus is nothing like Ventura Publisher, but I'm presuming that the general concept is the same.
Anyway, the good news is that I now have a beautiful stamp to accompany my signature.
However, I guess the moral of the story is:
If you are going to do some trading... make yourself a company stamp, and don't leave it till the last minute.