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How to specify other SVG conversion tools (Inkscape) into the chain
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Discussed in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/1140
Originally posted by fuhrmanator June 13, 2022
I'm using SVG a lot in my markdown, and it renders nicely (most of the time) in PDF by way of rsvg-convert part of the LaTeX chain:
(rsvg-convert.exe:2516): Pango-WARNING **: couldn't load font "Helvetica Not-Rotated 13.640625", falling back to "Sans Not-Rotated 13.640625", expect ugly output.
I'd like to use Inkscape instead, as it does some things better, especially with fonts I've installed in Windows.
Is there a way to specify that SVG conversions to PDF should be done using Inkscape?
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Research direction
Start with the linked discussion and the existing SVG-to-PDF path using rsvg-convert in the LaTeX chain. Determine how Inkscape should be selected as the conversion tool, then verify that SVG conversion to PDF uses it and preserves the requested font behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, markdown
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100