Sketch 0.6.4 - A vector drawing program Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. It's intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes. Despite the low version number, it already has advanced features like gradients, text along a path and clip masks and is fully scriptable due to its implementation in a combination of Python and C. News: ----- This is mainly a bug-fix release. Summary of the Changes since 0.6.3: * Bug fixes, most notably for the EPS-related bug in Sketch's PostScript prolog. * Updated Spanish translations * More color icons * The mkfontdb.py script can also generate Fontmap files now Please also note that Sketch has moved to a new location: http://sketch.sourceforge.net/ Homepage: --------- http://sketch.sourceforge.net/ Features: --------- o Drawing primitives: o Rectangles o Ellipses o Bezier curves o Bitmap images: JPEG, GIF,... (all types the Python Imaging Library can read) o Encapsulated PostScript o Text o All objects, including images and text, can be rotated, scaled, sheared, etc. (all affine transformations are possible) o Gradient fills o Special Effects and Features: o Use rectangles, ellipses and bezier objects as guides o Blend Groups: Automatically updated interpolations of arbitrary objects o Text can be converted to bezier objects. o Text along Path o Exports Encapsulated PostScript, SVG and Adobe Illustrator files o Imports Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX, SVG, XFig and WMF files o Fully scriptable in Python For more information, have a look at the Sketch webpage. License: -------- Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License. <P><A HREF="http://sketch.sourceforge.net/">Sketch 0.6.4</A> - a vector drawing program for Unix written in Python. (11-Jan-2000) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------