Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG

The XML-based specification for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), sponsored by the World Wide Web consortium, allows for compact and descriptive vector graphics for the Web. SVG s domain of discourse is that of graphic primitives whose optional attributes express line thickness, fill patterns, tex...

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Main Authors: Probets, Steve, Mong, Julius, Evans, David, Brailsford, David F.
Other Authors: Munson, Ethan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: ACM Press 2001
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/197/
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Mong, Julius
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description The XML-based specification for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), sponsored by the World Wide Web consortium, allows for compact and descriptive vector graphics for the Web. SVG s domain of discourse is that of graphic primitives whose optional attributes express line thickness, fill patterns, text size and so on. These primitives have very different properties from those of traditional document components (e.g. sections, paragraphs etc.) that XML is normally called upon to express. This paper describes a set of three tools for creating SVG, either from first principles or via the conversion of existing formats. The ab initio generation of SVG is effected from a server-side CGI script, using a PERL library of drawing functions; later sections highlight the problems of converting Adobe PostScript and Macromedia s Shockwave format (SWF) into SVG.
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spelling nottingham-1972020-05-04T20:32:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/197/ Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG Probets, Steve Mong, Julius Evans, David Brailsford, David F. The XML-based specification for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), sponsored by the World Wide Web consortium, allows for compact and descriptive vector graphics for the Web. SVG s domain of discourse is that of graphic primitives whose optional attributes express line thickness, fill patterns, text size and so on. These primitives have very different properties from those of traditional document components (e.g. sections, paragraphs etc.) that XML is normally called upon to express. This paper describes a set of three tools for creating SVG, either from first principles or via the conversion of existing formats. The ab initio generation of SVG is effected from a server-side CGI script, using a PERL library of drawing functions; later sections highlight the problems of converting Adobe PostScript and Macromedia s Shockwave format (SWF) into SVG. ACM Press Munson, Ethan 2001 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Probets, Steve, Mong, Julius, Evans, David and Brailsford, David F. (2001) Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG. In: ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng '01), 9-10 November 2001, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. SVG Flash SWF PDF PostScript
spellingShingle SVG
Flash
SWF
PDF
PostScript
Probets, Steve
Mong, Julius
Evans, David
Brailsford, David F.
Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title_full Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title_fullStr Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title_full_unstemmed Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title_short Vector Graphics: From PostScript and Flash to SVG
title_sort vector graphics: from postscript and flash to svg
topic SVG
Flash
SWF
PDF
PostScript
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/197/