<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
vector	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
used	O
to	O
create	O
vector	O
images	O
,	O
primarily	O
in	O
the	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
can	O
render	O
primitive	O
vector	O
shapes	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
rectangles	O
,	O
ellipses	O
,	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
,	O
arcs	O
,	O
spirals	O
,	O
stars	O
and	O
3D	O
boxes	O
)	O
and	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedding	O
and	O
optional	O
tracing	O
of	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
supported	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
editor	O
to	O
create	O
vector	O
graphics	O
from	O
photos	O
and	O
other	O
raster	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2003	O
as	O
a	O
code	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Sodipodi	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sodipodi	B-Language
,	O
developed	O
since	O
1999	O
,	O
was	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
Raph	O
Levien	O
's	O
Gill	B-Language
(	O
GNOME	B-Application
Illustration	O
Application	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
priorities	O
of	O
the	O
Inkscape	B-Application
project	O
was	O
interface	O
consistency	O
and	O
usability	B-General_Concept
by	O
following	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
human	B-Application
interface	I-Application
guidelines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
FAQ	O
interprets	O
the	O
word	O
Inkscape	B-Application
as	O
a	O
compound	O
of	O
ink	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
former	O
Sodipodi	B-Language
developers	O
(	O
Ted	O
Gould	O
,	O
Bryce	O
Harrington	O
,	O
Nathan	O
Hurst	O
,	O
and	O
MenTaLguY	O
)	O
led	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
differences	O
over	O
project	O
objectives	O
,	O
openness	O
to	O
third-party	O
contributions	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
disagreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
said	O
that	O
Inkscape	B-Application
would	O
focus	O
development	O
on	O
implementing	O
the	O
complete	O
SVG	B-Application
standard	O
,	O
whereas	O
Sodipodi	B-Language
development	O
emphasized	O
developing	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
vector	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
possibly	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
changed	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
from	O
C	B-Language
to	O
C++	B-Language
;	O
adopted	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
GIMP	B-Application
Toolkit	I-Application
)	O
toolkit	O
C++	B-Language
bindings	O
(	O
gtkmm	B-Language
)	O
;	O
redesigned	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
SVG	B-Application
standard	O
,	O
although	O
incomplete	O
,	O
has	O
shown	O
gradual	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2005	O
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
has	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
's	O
source	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
it	O
moved	O
to	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
moved	O
to	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
workflow	O
is	O
based	O
around	O
vector	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
allow	O
manipulating	O
primitive	O
vector	O
shapes	O
:	O
simple	O
ones	O
like	O
rectangles	O
,	O
ellipses	O
and	O
arcs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
complex	O
objects	O
like	O
3D	O
boxes	O
with	O
adjustable	O
perspectives	O
,	O
stars	O
,	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
and	O
spirals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
tools	O
allow	O
creating	O
Bézier	B-Algorithm
curves	I-Algorithm
,	O
freehand	O
drawing	O
of	O
lines	O
(	O
pencil	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
calligraphic	O
(	O
brush-like	O
)	O
strokes	O
which	O
support	O
a	O
graphics	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
write	O
and	O
edit	O
text	O
with	O
tools	O
available	O
for	O
changing	O
font	O
,	O
spacing	O
,	O
kerning	O
,	O
rotation	O
,	O
flowing	O
along	O
the	O
path	O
or	O
into	O
a	O
shape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
layers	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
objects	O
)	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
organize	O
objects	O
in	O
a	O
preferred	O
stacking	O
order	O
in	O
the	O
canvas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbol	O
libraries	O
enable	O
Inkscape	B-Application
to	O
use	O
existing	O
symbols	O
like	O
logic-gate	O
symbols	O
or	O
DOT	O
pictograms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
supports	O
image	O
tracing	O
,	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
extracting	O
vector	O
graphics	O
from	O
raster	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
transformations	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
size	O
,	O
position	O
,	O
rotation	O
,	O
blur	O
,	O
opacity	B-Algorithm
,	O
color	O
and	O
symmetry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
object	O
in	O
the	O
drawing	O
can	O
be	O
subjected	O
to	O
arbitrary	O
affine	B-Algorithm
transformations	I-Algorithm
:	O
moving	O
,	O
rotating	O
,	O
scaling	O
,	O
skewing	O
and	O
a	O
configurable	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Z-order	B-Algorithm
determines	O
the	O
order	O
in	O
which	O
objects	O
are	O
drawn	O
on	O
the	O
canvas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
with	O
a	O
high	O
Z-order	B-Algorithm
are	O
drawn	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
objects	O
lower	O
in	O
the	O
Z-order	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Order	O
of	O
objects	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
either	O
using	O
layers	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
manually	O
moving	O
the	O
object	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
in	O
the	O
Z-order	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
has	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
tool	O
set	O
to	O
edit	O
paths	O
(	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
the	O
basic	O
element	O
of	O
a	O
vector	O
file	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
Live	O
Path	O
Effects	O
(	O
LPE	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
apply	O
various	O
modifiers	O
to	O
a	O
path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LPE	O
can	O
be	O
stacked	O
onto	O
a	O
single	O
object	O
and	O
have	O
interactive	O
live	O
on	O
canvas	B-Language
and	O
menu-based	O
editing	O
of	O
the	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
format	O
is	O
SVG	B-Application
1.1	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
with	O
the	O
abilities	O
and	O
within	O
the	O
constraints	O
of	O
this	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
other	O
format	O
must	O
either	O
be	O
imported	O
(	O
converted	O
to	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
or	O
exported	O
(	O
converted	O
from	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SVG	B-Application
format	I-Application
is	O
using	O
the	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
(	O
CSS	B-Language
)	O
standard	O
internally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
SVG	B-Application
and	O
CSS	B-Language
standards	O
is	O
incomplete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
has	O
multilingual	O
support	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
complex	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
lib2Geom	B-Application
is	O
now	O
also	O
external	O
usable	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
2Geom	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computational	O
geometry	O
library	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
Inkscape	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
developed	O
for	O
Inkscape	B-Application
it	O
is	O
a	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
any	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2Geom	B-Application
is	O
free	O
software	O
released	O
under	O
LGPL	O
2.1	O
or	O
MPL	O
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Inkscape	B-Application
1.0.x	O
(	O
and	O
older	O
line	O
0.92.x	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
7+	O
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
10.11-10.15	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkscape	B-Application
is	O
packaged	O
with	O
AppImage	O
,	O
Flatpak	O
,	O
PPA	O
,	O
Snap	O
and	O
source	O
by	O
all	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
(	O
including	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
OpenSUSE	B-Operating_System
)	O
with	O
GTK+	O
3.24	O
+	O
(	O
0.92.x	O
with	O
GTK+	O
2.20	O
+	O
for	O
older	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Wacom	O
tablet	O
support	O
for	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
reviving	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0.x	O
includes	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
and	O
Wacom	O
support	O
depending	O
necessary	O
Wacom	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Unix	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Notable	O
features/changes	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
Initial	O
release	O
of	O
Inkscape	B-Application
based	O
on	O
Sodipodi	B-Language
0.32	O
,	O
new	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
GUI	O
redesign	O
and	O
improved	O
usability	B-General_Concept
February	O
16	O
,	O
2004	O
Boolean	O
path	O
operations	O
and	O
path	O
inset/outset	O
,	O
major	O
code	O
refactoring	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2004	O
Text	O
kerning	O
and	O
letter	O
spacing	O
,	O
multi-stage	O
gradients	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2004	O
Markers	O
,	O
clones	O
,	O
and	O
pattern	O
fills	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2004	O
Multi-layer	O
support	O
,	O
bitmap	O
tracing	O
(	O
only	O
greyscale	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
on	O
path	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2005	O
Clone	O
tiler	O
tool	O
and	O
color	O
bitmap	O
tracing	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2005	O
Flowing	O
text	O
support	O
,	O
styling	O
text	O
spans	O
,	O
enhanced	O
effects	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
gradient	O
tool	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2005	O
Connector	O
tool	O
,	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
,	O
tablet	O
pressure/angle	O
sensitivity	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2006	O
Layers	O
panel	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
clipping	O
and	O
masking	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
with	O
transparency	O
February	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
Gaussian	O
blur	O
,	O
pattern	O
along	O
path	O
,	O
new	O
Undo	O
History	O
panel	O
,	O
improved	O
bitmap	O
tracing	O
using	O
simple	B-Algorithm
interactive	I-Algorithm
object	I-Algorithm
extraction	I-Algorithm
,	O
color	O
effects	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
Docking	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
Paint	O
Bucket	O
,	O
Tweak	O
and	O
3D	O
Box	O
tools	O
,	O
Live	O
Path	O
Effects	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
most	O
SVG	B-Application
filters	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
open	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
import	O
from	O
the	O
Open	O
Clip	O
Art	O
Library	O
,	O
and	O
OpenType/PostScript	O
and	O
Type1	O
font	O
support	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
Eraser	O
tool	O
(	O
can	O
slice	O
paths	O
)	O
,	O
timed	O
autosave	O
,	O
spiro	O
splines	O
interface	O
for	O
paths	O
,	O
auto-smooth	O
nodes	O
for	O
paths	O
,	O
spellchecker	O
for	O
the	O
text	O
tool	O
,	O
new	O
path	O
effects	O
like	O
"	O
sketch	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
hatches	O
"	O
,	O
new	O
Python	B-Language
extensions	O
like	O
"	O
alphabet	O
soup	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
convert	O
to	O
Braille	O
"	O
,	O
basic	O
support	O
for	O
SVG	B-Application
fonts	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
;	O
July	O
2014	O
Multipath	O
node	O
editing	O
,	O
improved	O
text	O
tool	O
:	O
subscript	O
,	O
superscript	O
,	O
numerical	O
and	O
preset	O
inputs	O
for	O
text	O
kerning	O
,	O
tracking	O
and	O
more	O
text	O
enhancements	O
,	O
new	O
Airbrush	O
(	O
Spray	O
)	O
tool	O
,	O
LaTeX	B-Application
export	O
with	O
PDF	B-Application
/	O
PS	B-Language
/	O
EPS	B-Language
,	O
JessyInk	O
extension	O
for	O
creating	O
presentations	O
viewable	O
in	O
SVG-enabled	O
web	O
browsers	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2015	O
Switched	O
from	O
libnr	O
to	O
Cairo	B-Language
rendering	O
library	O
,	O
which	O
brought	O
a	O
significant	O
rendering	O
speed	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
Infrastructure	O
Focus	O
;	O
Mesh	O
gradients	O
,	O
new	O
path	O
effects	O
,	O
default	O
resolution	O
changed	O
from	O
90	O
dpi	O
to	O
96	O
dpi	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
CSS	B-Language
standard	O
,	O
options	O
for	O
switching	O
OpenType	O
font	O
features	O
,	O
last	O
release	O
0.92.5	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2020	O
Transition	O
to	O
GTK3	B-Application
and	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
,	O
customizable	O
themes	O
,	O
better	O
HiDPI	O
screen	O
support	O
,	O
controllable	O
width	O
of	O
PowerStroke	O
with	O
pressure	O
sensitive	O
graphics	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
,	O
new	O
PNG	O
export	O
options	O
,	O
variable	O
font	O
support.	O
,	O
no	O
uniconverter	O
support	O
with	O
less	O
Import	O
filters	O
Native	O
support	O
for	O
MacOS	B-Application
10.10-10.15	O
Catalina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experimental	O
color-managed	O
PDF	B-Application
export.	O
,	O
last	O
release	O
1.0.2	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
Significant	O
changes	O
in	O
core	O
and	O
GUI	O
,	O
only	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
extensions	O
supported	O
,	O
improved	O
live	O
path	O
effects	O
(	O
LPE	O
)	O
,	O
last	O
release	O
1.1.2	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
New	O
Page	O
tool	O
for	O
multiple	O
pages	O
,	O
Layers	O
and	O
Objects	O
dialog	O
merged	O
,	O
improved	O
gradient	O
editor	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
export	O
to	O
multiple	O
formats	O
,	O
improved	O
SVG	B-Application
Font	O
Editor	O
,	O
new	O
'	O
Tiling	O
 '	O
Live	O
Path	O
effect	O
,	O
improved	O
performance	O
,	O
bugfix	O
and	O
some	O
changes	O
in	O
GUI	O
,	O
improved	O
macOS	B-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Jan	O
.	O
2020	O
,	O
TechRadar	O
gave	O
Inkscape	B-Application
a	O
positive	O
rating	O
of	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
considered	O
Inkscape	B-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
proprietary	O
graphics	O
editors	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
praise	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
custom	O
filters	O
and	O
extensions	O
,	O
the	O
Inkscape	B-Application
community	O
's	O
passion	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
sharing	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
precise	O
path	O
and	O
placement	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
found	O
Inkscape	B-Application
to	O
have	O
limited	O
uses	O
in	O
profession	O
compared	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
and	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
2012	O
Best	O
of	O
Open	O
Source	O
Software	O
Awards	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
gave	O
Inkscape	B-Application
an	O
award	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
open-source	O
desktop	O
applications	O
,	O
commending	O
its	O
typographic	O
controls	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
directly	O
edit	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
text	O
of	O
its	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
