Ubuntu Manpage: Inkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.

NAME

       Inkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.

SYNOPSIS

       "inkscape [options] [filename_1 filename_2 ...]"

       options:

           -?, --help
               --help-all
               --help-gapplication
               --help-gtk

           -V, --version
               --debug-info
               --system-data-directory
               --user-data-directory

           -p, --pipe
           -n, --pages=PAGE[,PAGE]
               --pdf-poppler
               --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
               --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing

           -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
               --export-overwrite
               --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
               --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID

           -C, --export-area-page
           -D, --export-area-drawing
           -a, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
               --export-area-snap
           -d, --export-dpi=DPI
           -w, --export-width=WIDTH
           -h, --export-height=HEIGHT
               --export-margin=MARGIN

               --export-page=all|n[,a-b]
           -i, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
           -j, --export-id-only
           -l, --export-plain-svg
               --export-png-color-mode=COLORMODE
               --export-png-compression=LEVEL
               --export-png-antialias=LEVEL
               --export-png-use-dithering=BOOLEAN
               --export-ps-level=LEVEL
               --export-pdf-version=VERSION
           -T, --export-text-to-path
               --export-latex
               --export-ignore-filters
           -t, --export-use-hints
           -b, --export-background=COLOR
           -y, --export-background-opacity=VALUE

           -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
           -S, --query-all
           -X, --query-x
           -Y, --query-y
           -W, --query-width
           -H, --query-height

               --vacuum-defs
               --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
               --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
               --action-list
               --actions-file=FILENAME

           -g, --with-gui
           -q, --active-window
               --display=DISPLAY
               --app-id-tag=TAG
               --batch-process
               --shell

DESCRIPTION

       Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. It offers a rich set of features and is widely
       used for both artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography,
       diagramming and flowcharting.  It uses vector graphics to allow for sharp printouts and renderings at
       unlimited resolution and is not bound to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics. Inkscape uses the
       standardized SVG file format as its main format, which is supported by many other applications including
       web browsers.

       The interface is designed to be comfortable and efficient for skilled users, while remaining conformant
       to GNOME standards so that users familiar with other GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.

       SVG is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows defining objects in the drawing using
       points, paths, and primitive shapes.  Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as `style'
       attributes to these objects.  The intent is that since SVG is a standard, and since its files are
       text/xml, it will be possible to use SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a wide range of
       uses.

       Inkscape uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of becoming the most fully compliant
       drawing program for SVG files available in the Open Source community.

OPTIONS

-?, --help
Shows a help message.

--help-all
Shows all help options.

--help-gapplication
Shows the GApplication options.

--help-gtk
Shows the GTK+ options.

-V, --version
Shows the Inkscape version and build date.

--debug-info
Prints technical information including Inkscape version, dependency versions and operating
system. This Information is useful when debugging issues with Inkscape and should be included
whenever filing a bug report.

--system-data-directory
Prints the system data directory where data files that ship with Inkscape are stored. This
includes files which Inkscape requires to run (like unit definitions, built-in key maps, files
describing UI layout, icon themes, etc.), core extensions, stock resources (filters, fonts,
markers, color palettes, symbols, templates) and documentation (SVG example files, tutorials).

The location in which Inkscape expects the system data directory can be overridden with the
INKSCAPE_DATADIR environment variable.

--user-data-directory
Prints the user profile directory where user-specific data files and preferences are stored.
Custom extensions and resources (filters, fonts, markers, color palettes, symbols, templates)
should be installed into their respective subdirectories in this directory. In addition placing a
file with a name identical to one in the system data directory here allows to override most
presets from the system data directory (e.g. default templates, UI files, etc.).

The default location of the profile directory can be overridden with the INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR
environment variable.

-p, --pipe
Reads input file from standard input (stdin).

--pages=PAGE
Imports the given comma separated list of pages from a PDF, or multi page SVG file.

This replaces the --pdf-page from previous Inkscape versions.

--pdf-poppler
By default Inkscape imports PDF files via an internal (poppler-derived) library. Text is stored
as text. Meshes are converted to tiles. Use --pdf-poppler to import via an external (poppler
with cairo backend) library instead. Text consists of groups containing cloned glyphs where each
glyph is a path. Images are stored internally. Meshes cause entire document to be rendered as a
raster image.

--convert-dpi-method=METHOD
Choose method used to rescale legacy (pre-0.92) files which render slightly smaller due to the
switch from 90 DPI to 96 DPI when interpreting lengths expressed in units of pixels. Possible
values are "none" (no change, document will render at 94% of its original size), "scale-viewbox"
(document will be rescaled globally, individual lengths will stay untouched) and "scale-document"
(each length will be re-scaled individually).

--no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
Do not automatically fix text baselines in legacy (pre-0.92) files on opening. Inkscape 0.92
adopts the CSS standard definition for the 'line-height' property, which differs from past
versions. By default, the line height values in files created prior to Inkscape 0.92 will be
adjusted on loading to preserve the intended text layout. This command line option will skip
that adjustment.

-o, --export-filename=FILENAME
Sets the name of the output file. The default is to re-use the name of the input file. If
--export-type is also used, the file extension will be adjusted (or added) as appropriate.
Otherwise the file type to export will be inferred from the extension of the specified filename.

Usage of the special filename "-" makes Inkscape write the image data to standard output
(stdout).

--export-overwrite
Overwrites input file.

--export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
Specify the file type to export. Possible values: svg, png, ps, eps, pdf, emf, wmf and every file
type for which an export extension exists. It is possible to export more than one file type at a
time.

Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any transparent objects in the original
SVG will be automatically rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default export area
is page; you can set it to drawing by --export-area-drawing.

Note that PDF format preserves the transparency in the original SVG.

--export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
Allows to specify an output extension that will be used for exporting, which is especially
relevant if there is more than one export option for a given file type. If set, the file
extension in --export-filename and --export-type may be omitted. Additionally, if set, only one
file type may be given in --export-type.

-C, --export-area-page
In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS exported area is the page. This is the default for SVG, PNG, PDF, and PS, so
you don't need to specify this unless you are using --export-id to export a specific object. For
EPS this option is currently not supported.

-D, --export-area-drawing
In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the drawing (not page), i.e. the bounding
box of all objects of the document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used). With this
option, the exported image will display all the visible objects of the document without margins
or cropping. This is the default export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be used in combination with
--export-use-hints.

-a x0:y0:x1:y1, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
In PNG export, set the exported area of the document, specified in px (1/96 in). The default is
to export the entire document page. The point (0,0) is the lower-left corner.

--export-area-snap
For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest integer px values. If you are using
the default export resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped to minimize
antialiasing, this switch allows you to preserve this alignment even if you are exporting some
object's bounding box (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself not pixel-
aligned.

-d DPI, --export-dpi=DPI
The resolution used for PNG export. It is also used for fallback rasterization of filtered
objects when exporting to PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to suppress
rasterization). The default is 96 dpi, which corresponds to 1 SVG user unit (px, also called
"user unit") exporting to 1 bitmap pixel. This value overrides the DPI hint if used with
--export-use-hints.

-w WIDTH, --export-width=WIDTH
The width of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides the --export-dpi setting (or the
DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

-h HEIGHT, --export-height=HEIGHT
The height of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides the --export-dpi setting (or the
DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

--export-margin=MARGIN
Adds a margin around the exported area. The size of the margin is specified in units of page size
(for SVG) or millimeters (for PS/PDF). The option currently has no effect for other export
formats.

-i ID, --export-page=all|n[,a-b]*
Exports the selected pages only. If more than one page is specified then the resulting document
may contain multiple pages if the format supports it.

Value can be a comma separated list of page numbers, or page ranges of two numbers separated by a
dash. The keyword 'all' can be used to indicate all pages would be exported.

-i ID, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute value of the object(s) that you want
to export from the document; all other objects are not exported. By default the exported area is
the bounding box of the object; you can override this using --export-area (PNG only) or
--export-area-page.

If you specify many values with a semicolon separated list of objects, each one will be exported
separately. In this case the exported files will be named this way:
[input_filename]_[ID].[export_type]

-j, --export-id-only
For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, only export the object whose id is given in
--export-id. All other objects are hidden and won't show in export even if they overlay the
exported object. Without --export-id, this option is ignored.

-l, --export-plain-svg
Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or inkscape: namespaces and without RDF
metadata. Use the --export-filename option to specify the filename.

--export-png-color-mode=COLORMODE
Set the color mode (bit depth and color type) for exported bitmaps
(Gray_1/Gray_2/Gray_4/Gray_8/Gray_16/RGB_8/RGB_16/GrayAlpha_8/GrayAlpha_16/RGBA_8/RGBA_16)

--export-png-compression=LEVEL
Set the compression level for PNG export (0 to 9); default is 6.

--export-png-antialias=LEVEL
Set the antialiasing level for PNG export (0 to 3); default is 2.

--export-png-use-dithering=false|true
Forces dithering or disables it (the Inkscape build must support dithering for this).

--export-ps-level=LEVEL
Set language version for PS and EPS export. PostScript level 2 or 3 is supported. Default is 3.

--export-pdf-version=VERSION
Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option basically exposes the PDF version
selector found in the PDF-export dialog of the GUI. You must provide one of the versions from
that combo-box, e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version is "1.4".

-T, --export-text-to-path
Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).

--export-latex
(for PS, EPS, and PDF export) Used for creating images for LaTeX documents, where the image's
text is typeset by LaTeX. When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the output
into a PDF/PS/EPS file (e.g. as specified by --export-type) and a LaTeX file. Text will not be
output in the PDF/PS/EPS file, but instead will appear in the LaTeX file. This LaTeX file
includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX document will
show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See the resulting LaTeX file for more
information. Also see GNUPlot's `epslatex' output terminal.

--export-ignore-filters
Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors, ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and
PDF export). By default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi (default 96 dpi),
preserving the appearance.

-t, --export-use-hints
While exporting to PNG, use export filename and DPI hints stored in the exported object (only
with --export-id). These hints are set automatically when you export selection from within
Inkscape. So, for example, if you export a shape with id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300
dpi from document.svg using Inkscape GUI, and save the document, then later you will be able to
reexport that shape to the same file with the same resolution simply with

inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg

If you use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height with this option, then the DPI hint
will be ignored and the value from the command line will be used. If you use --export-filename
with this option, then the filename hint will be ignored and the filename from the command line
will be used.

-b COLOR, --export-background=COLOR
Background color of exported PNG. This may be any SVG supported color string, for example
"#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0, 128)". If not set, then the page color set in Inkscape in the Document
Properties dialog will be used (stored in the pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).

-y VALUE, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
Opacity of the background of exported PNG. This may be a value either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0
meaning full transparency, 1.0 full opacity) or greater than 1 up to 255 (255 meaning full
opacity). If not set and the -b option is not used, then the page opacity set in Inkscape in the
Document Properties dialog will be used (stored in the inkscape:pageopacity= attribute of
sodipodi:namedview). If not set but the -b option is used, then the value of 255 (full opacity)
will be used.

-I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
Set the ID(s) of the object(s) whose dimensions are queried in a comma-separated list. If not
set, query options will return the dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not the
page or viewbox.

If you specify many values with a comma separated list of objects, any geometry query (e.g.
--query-x) will return a comma separated list of values corresponding to the list of objects in
--query-id.

-S, --query-all
Prints a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG document with IDs defined, along with
their x, y, width, and height values.

-X, --query-x
Query the X coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The
returned value is in px (SVG user units).

-Y, --query-y
Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The
returned value is in px (SVG user units).

-W, --query-width
Query the width of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned
value is in px (SVG user units).

-H, --query-height
Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned
value is in px (SVG user units).

--vacuum-defs
Remove all unused items from the "<defs>" section of the SVG file. If this option is invoked in
conjunction with --export-plain-svg, only the exported file will be affected. If it is used
alone, the specified file will be modified in place.

--select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
The --select command will cause objects that have the ID specified to be selected. You can
select many objects width a comma separated list. This allows various verbs to act upon them.
To remove all the selections use "--verb=EditDeselect". The object IDs available are dependent
on the document specified to load.

--actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
Actions are a new method to call functions with an optional single parameter. To get a list of
the action IDs available, use the --action-list command line option. Eventually all verbs will
be replaced by actions. Temporarily, any verb can be used as an action (without a parameter).
Note, most verbs require a GUI (even if they don't use it). To close the GUI automatically at the
end of processing, use --batch-process. In addition all export options have matching actions
(remove the '--' in front of the option and replace '=' with ':').

If only actions are used --batch-process must be used.

Export can be forced at any point with the export-do action. This allows one to do multiple
exports on a single file.

--action-list
Prints a list of all available actions.

--actions-file=FILENAME
Execute all actions listed in the file. The file contents must be formatted using the syntax of
--actions. This option overrides the --actions argument when both are given.

-g, --with-gui
Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY is not set).

-q, --active-window
Instead of launching a new Inkscape process, this will run the command in the most recently
focused Inkscape document.

--display=DISPLAY
Sets the X display to use for the Inkscape window.

--app-id-tag=TAG
Creates a unique instance of Inkscape with the application ID 'org.inkscape.Inkscape.TAG'. This
is useful to separate the Inkscape instances when running different Inkscape versions or using
different preferences files concurrently.

--batch-process
Close GUI after executing all actions or verbs.

--shell With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command line shell mode. In this mode,
you type in commands at the prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having to run a new
copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly useful for scripting and server uses:
it adds no new capabilities but allows you to improve the speed and memory requirements of any
script that repeatedly calls Inkscape to perform command line tasks (such as export or
conversions).

In shell mode Inkscape expects a sequence of actions (or verbs) as input. They will be processed
line by line, that means typically when pressing enter. It is possible (but not necessary) to
put all actions on a single line.

This option can be combined with the --active-window parameter, to execute the shell commands in
an already opened Inkscape document.

The following example opens a file and exports it into two different formats, then opens another
file and exports a single object:

file-open:file1.svg; export-type:pdf; export-do; export-type:png; export-do
file-open:file2.svg; export-id:rect2; export-id-only; export-filename:rect_only.svg; export-do

CONFIGURATION

       The  main  configuration  file  is  located in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores a variety of
       customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the Inkscape Preferences dialog).  Also
       in the subdirectories there, you can place your own:

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extensions.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/fonts/ - fonts.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icon sets.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/paint/ - patterns and hatches.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/palettes/ - palettes.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/symbols/ - symbol files.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/ui/ - user interface files.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.

       A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or  STDOUT.   If  the  program  behaves
       erratically with a particular SVG file or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.

EXAMPLES

       While  obviously  Inkscape  is  primarily  intended  as  a  GUI application, it can be used for doing SVG
       processing on the command line as well.

       Open an SVG file in the GUI:

           inkscape filename.svg

       Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one SVG user unit  translates  to  one
       bitmap pixel):

           inkscape --export-filename=filename.png filename.svg

       Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:

           inkscape --export-filename=filename.png -w 600 -h 400 filename.svg

       Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the page:

           inkscape --export-filename=filename.png --export-area-drawing filename.svg

       Export two different files into four distinct file formats each:

           inkscape --export-type=png,ps,eps,pdf filename1.svg filename2.svg

       Export  to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename and the resolution that were used
       for that object last time when it was exported from the GUI:

           inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints filename.svg

       Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename, and snap the exported area outwards to
       the nearest whole SVG user unit  values  (to  preserve  pixel-alignment  of  objects  and  thus  minimize
       aliasing):

           inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-filename=text.png --export-area-snap filename.svg

       Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:

           inkscape --export-plain-svg --export-filename=filename2.svg filename1.svg

       Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:

           inkscape --export-filename=filename.eps --export-text-to-path filename.svg

       Query the width of the object with id="text1555":

           inkscape --query-width --query-id=text1555 filename.svg

       Duplicate  the  objects  with id="path1555" and id="rect835", rotate the duplicates 90 degrees, save SVG,
       and quit:

           inkscape --select=path1555,rect835 --actions="duplicate;object-rotate-90-cw" --export-overwrite filename.svg

       Select all objects with ellipse tag, rotate them 30 degrees, save the file, and quit.

           inkscape --actions="select-by-element:ellipse;transform-rotate:30" --export-overwrite filename.svg

       Export the object with the  ID  MyTriangle  with  a  semi  transparent  purple  background  to  the  file
       triangle_purple.png and with a red background to the file triangle_red.png.

           inkscape --actions="export-id:MyTriangle; export-id-only; export-background:purple; export-background-opacity:0.5;export-filename:triangle_purple.png; export-do; export-background:red; export-background-opacity:1; export-filename:triangle_red.png; export-do" filename.svg

       Read an SVG from standard input (stdin) and export it to PDF format:

           cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-filename=filename.pdf

       Export  an SVG to PNG format and write it to standard output (stdout), then convert it to JPG format with
       ImageMagick's convert program:

           inkscape --export-type=png --export-filename=- filename.svg | convert - filename.jpg

       Same as above, but also reading from a pipe (--export-filename can be omitted in this case)

           cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-type=png | convert - filename.jpg

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR
               Set a custom location for the user profile directory.

       INKSCAPE_DATADIR
               Set a custom location for the Inkscape data directory (e.g. $PREFIX/share  if  Inkscape's  shared
               files are in $PREFIX/share/inkscape).

       INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR
               Set a custom location for the translation catalog.

       For more details see also <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Environment_variables>

OTHER INFO

       The  canonical  place  to  find  Inkscape  info is at <https://www.inkscape.org/>.  The website has news,
       documentation, tutorials, examples, mailing list archives, the latest released version  of  the  program,
       bugs and feature requests databases, forums, and more.

GUI NOTES

       To learn Inkscape's GUI operation, read the manual in Help > Inkscape manual, and the tutorials in Help >
       Tutorials.

       Apart  from SVG, Inkscape can import (File > Import) most bitmap formats (PNG, BMP, JPG, XPM, GIF, etc.),
       plain text (requires Perl), PS and EPS (requires Ghostscript), PDF and  AI  format  (AI  version  9.0  or
       newer).

       Inkscape  exports  32-bit  PNG  images  (File  >  Export PNG Image) as well as AI, PS, EPS, PDF, DXF, and
       several other formats via File > Save as.

       Inkscape can use the pressure and tilt of a graphic tablet pen for width, angle, and force of  action  of
       several tools, including the Calligraphic pen.

       Inkscape includes a GUI front-end to the Potrace bitmap tracing engine (<http://potrace.sf.net>) which is
       embedded into Inkscape.

       Inkscape  can  use  external  scripts  (stdin-to-stdout  filters) that are represented by commands in the
       Extensions menu. A script can have a GUI dialog for setting various parameters and can get the IDs of the
       selected objects on which to act via the command line. Inkscape  comes  with  an  assortment  of  effects
       written in Python.

KEYBINDINGS

       To  get  a  complete  list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts, view doc/keys.html, or use the Keys and Mouse
       command in Help menu.

BUGS

       Many bugs are known; please refer to the website (<https://www.inkscape.org/>) for reviewing the reported
       ones and to report newly found issues.  See also the Known Issues section in the Release Notes  for  your
       version (file `NEWS').

HISTORY

The codebase that would become Inkscape began life in 1999 as the program Gill, the GNOME Illustrator
application, created by Raph Levien. The stated objective for Gill was to eventually support all of SVG.
Raph implemented the PostScript bezier imaging model, including stroking and filling, line cap style,
line join style, text, etc. Raph's Gill page is at <http://www.levien.com/svg/>. Work on Gill appears
to have slowed or ceased in 2000.

The next incarnation of the codebase was to become the highly popular program Sodipodi, led by Lauris
Kaplinski. The codebase was turned into a powerful illustration program over the course of several
year's work, adding several new features, multi-lingual support, porting to Windows and other operating
systems, and eliminating dependencies.

Inkscape was formed in 2003 by four active Sodipodi developers, Bryce Harrington, MenTaLguY, Nathan
Hurst, and Ted Gould, wanting to take a different direction with the codebase in terms of focus on SVG
compliance, interface look-and-feel, and a desire to open development opportunities to more participants.
The project progressed rapidly, gaining a number of very active contributors and features.

Much work in the early days of the project focused on code stabilization and internationalization. The
original renderer inherited from Sodipodi was laced with a number of mathematical corner cases which led
to unexpected crashes when the program was pushed beyond routine uses; this renderer was replaced with
Livarot which, while not perfect either, was significantly less error prone. The project also adopted a
practice of committing code frequently, and encouraging users to run developmental snapshots of the
program; this helped identify new bugs swiftly, and ensure it was easy for users to verify the fixes. As
a result, Inkscape releases have generally earned a reputation for being robust and reliable.

Similarly, efforts were taken to internationalize and localize the interface, which has helped the
program gain contributors worldwide.

Inkscape has had a beneficial impact on the visual attractiveness of Open Source in general, by providing
a tool for creating and sharing icons, splash screens, website art, and so on. In a way, despite being
"just an drawing program", Inkscape has played an important role in making Open Source more visually
stimulating to larger audiences.

AUTHORS

       This  codebase  owes its existence to a large number of contributors throughout its various incarnations.
       The following list is certainly incomplete, but serves to recognize the  many  shoulders  on  which  this
       application sits:

       Maximilian  Albert,  Joshua  A. Andler, Tavmjong Bah, Pierre Barbry-Blot, Jean-François Barraud, Campbell
       Barton, Bill Baxter, John Beard, John Bintz, Arpad Biro, Nicholas Bishop, Joshua L. Blocher, Hanno  Böck,
       Tomasz  Boczkowski,  Adrian  Boguszewski,  Henrik Bohre, Boldewyn, Daniel Boles, Daniel Borgmann, Bastien
       Bouclet, Hans Breuer, Gustav Broberg,  Christopher  Brown,  Marcus  Brubaker,  Luca  Bruno,  Brynn,  Nicu
       Buculei,  Bulia  Byak,  Pierre Caclin, Ian Caldwell, Gail Carmichael, Ed Catmur, Chema Celorio, Jabiertxo
       Arraiza Cenoz, Johan Ceuppens, Zbigniew Chyla, Alexander Clausen, John Cliff, Kees  Cook,  Ben  Cromwell,
       Jon  Cruz,  Aurélie  De-Cooman,  Kris  De  Gussem,  Milosz  Derezynski,  Daniel  Díaz, Bruno Dilly, Larry
       Doolittle, Nicolas Dufour, Tim Dwyer, Maxim V. Dziumanenko, Moritz Eberl, Johan Engelen, Miklos  Erdelyi,
       Ulf  Erikson,  Noé Falzon, Sebastian Faubel, Frank Felfe, Andrew Fitzsimon, Edward Flick, Marcin Floryan,
       Fred, Ben Fowler, Cedric Gemy, Steren Giannini, Olivier Gondouin, Ted  Gould,  Toine  de  Greef,  Michael
       Grosberg,  Bryce  Harrington,  Dale Harvey, Aurélio Adnauer Heckert, René de Hesselle, Carl Hetherington,
       Jos Hirth, Hannes Hochreiner, Thomas Holder, Joel Holdsworth, Christoffer Holmstedt,  Alan  Horkan,  Karl
       Ove  Hufthammer,  Richard  Hughes,  Nathan Hurst, inductiveload, Thomas Ingham, Jean-Olivier Irisson, Bob
       Jamison, Ted Janeczko, Marc Jeanmougin, jEsuSdA,  Lauris  Kaplinski,  Lynn  Kerby,  Niko  Kiirala,  James
       Kilfiger,  Nikita Kitaev, Jason Kivlighn, Adrian Knoth, Krzysztof Kosiński, Petr Kovar, Michael Kowalski,
       Benoît Lavorata, Alex Leone, Julien Leray, Raph Levien, Diederik van  Lierop,  Nicklas  Lindgren,  Vitaly
       Lipatov,  Ivan  Louette,  Fernando Lucchesi Bastos Jurema, Pierre-Antoine Marc, Aurel-Aimé Marmion, Colin
       Marquardt, Craig Marshall, Ivan Masár, Dmitry G. Mastrukov, David Mathog,  Matiphas,  Patrick  McDermott,
       Michael  Meeks,  Federico Mena, MenTaLguY, Aubanel Monnier, Vincent Montagne, Tim Mooney, Derek P. Moore,
       Chris Morgan, Peter Moulder, Jörg Müller, Yukihiro Nakai, Victor  Navez,  Jonathan  Neuhauser,  Christian
       Neumair,  Nick,  Andreas  Nilsson,  Mitsuru  Oka,  Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira, Martin Owens, PBS, Alvin
       Penner, Matthew Petroff, Jon Phillips, Zdenko Podobny, Alexandre Prokoudine, Jean-René  Reinhard,  Alexey
       Remizov,  Frederic  Rodrigo,  Hugo  Rodrigues,  Jean Franco Amoni Rodríguez, Juarez Rudsatz, Xavier Conde
       Rueda, Felipe Corrêa da Silva Sanches, Christian Schaller, Marco Scholten, Tom  von  Schwerdtner,  Markus
       Schwienbacher,  Danilo  Šegan, Abhishek Sharma, Tim Sheridan, Shivaken, Rafał Siejakowski, Michael Sloan,
       John Smith, Sandra Snan, Boštjan Špetič, Aaron Spike, Kaushik Sridharan, Ralf  Stephan,  Dariusz  Stojek,
       Patrick  Storz,  Martin  Sucha, Sushant A.A., ~suv, Pat Suwalski, Adib Taraben, Parcly Taxel, Hugh Tebby,
       Jonas Termeau, David Turner, Andre Twupack, Aleksandar Urošević, Alex  Valavanis,  Joakim  Verona,  Lucas
       Vieites,  Daniel  Wagenaar,  Liam  P.  White,  Sebastian  Wüst, Michael Wybrow, Gellule Xg, Daniel Yacob,
       Masatake Yamato, David Yip, Wen-Wei Kao

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       Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL version  2
       or later.

1.4.2                                              2025-09-08                                        INKSCAPE(1)