Re: Missing items to make Cairo ready

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 30/12/2022 à 17:20, Lukas-Fabian Moser a écrit :
> I agree with Jonas that it would be a considerable loss not to be able 
> to import vector graphics. I don't concur with Jean's argument that 
> one can replace them by using markup commands: One obvious use case 
> for proper vector import would be including a publisher's logo, for 
> instance.


A logo will occupy a small fraction of the page. Do you really need to 
have it in such high resolution that the file size becomes a problem?


> That being said: My uneducated guess would be that with Cairo etc., it 
> might be more natural/easy to import vector graphics in SVG format 
> than in EPS?

Yes, I think. Basically, we could support embedding PDFs via Poppler, or 
SVGs via librsvg.

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