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Calligraphy tool

Asked by sairam

Hello,

a newbie here.

I am trying to use the calligraphy tool. When its selected, the cursor changes to the typical calligraphy cursor, but when I try to write something, I am not able to see the stroke or whatever I was writing.

For eg: When I drag the cursor to make 'S' I can see a tail-like line coming from the upper '+' of the calligraphy cursor and thats all, no line is seen.

I have dloaded the 0.46 version of Inkscape and the X11 on my Mac is 2.1.1 (updated version)

ANy help would be appreciated.

need it urgently.

thanks

SJ

MacbookPro, OS 10.5.2

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Ryan Lerch (ryanlerch) said : 		#1

it sounds like the fill/stroke of the callig tool is white or transparent...

draw a line with the callig tool on a new document, then select all, if an
object is selected, change the colour and see your line!

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:23 AM, sairam <email address hidden>
wrote:

> New question #29331 on Inkscape:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/29331
>
> Hello,
>
> a newbie here.
>
> I am trying to use the calligraphy tool. When its selected, the cursor
> changes to the typical calligraphy cursor, but when I try to write
> something, I am not able to see the stroke or whatever I was writing.
>
> For eg: When I drag the cursor to make 'S' I can see a tail-like line
> coming from the upper '+' of the calligraphy cursor and thats all, no line
> is seen.
>
> I have dloaded the 0.46 version of Inkscape and the X11 on my Mac is 2.1.1
> (updated version)
>
> ANy help would be appreciated.
>
> need it urgently.
>
> thanks
>
> SJ
>
> MacbookPro, OS 10.5.2
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for Inkscape.
>

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sairam (karthij) said : 		#2

Thanks Ryan, when I did fill/stroke and changed color I could see what I was drawing.

The next question would be how do I UNDO white or transparent of calligraphy tool?

regards,

SJ

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Ryan Lerch (ryanlerch) said : 		#3

im not sure what you mean by 'undo'
the fill / stroke of a tool depends on the settings for that tool in the
inkscape prefs.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:19 PM, sairam <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Question #29331 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/29331
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> sairam is still having a problem:
> Thanks Ryan, when I did fill/stroke and changed color I could see what
> I was drawing.
>
> The next question would be how do I UNDO white or transparent of
> calligraphy tool?
>
> regards,
>
> SJ
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for Inkscape.
>

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sairam (karthij) said : 		#4

Hello Ryan,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Sorry if the Q was confusing.

What i meant was how do i define a color for fill/stroke.

When I went to Inkscape prefs>shapes>caligraphy tool> this tools own style is 'Selected' and fill =none and stroke = some grey squares and a brick red color (# 389) .

When I try to change the color by clicking on 'none' or from the button 'take from selection'----nothing happens.

I am sure that I am doing something wrong!

How can I cahnge the color for fill/stroke?

regards

SJ

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Best Ryan Lerch (ryanlerch) said : 		#5

the best way is probably to keep "last used style" selected,
and then just edit your objects using the fill / stoke dialog.
(object > fill stroke) from the menus

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:44 PM, sairam <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Question #29331 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/29331
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> sairam is still having a problem:
> Hello Ryan,
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply.
>
> Sorry if the Q was confusing.
>
> What i meant was how do i define a color for fill/stroke.
>
> When I went to Inkscape prefs>shapes>caligraphy tool> this tools own
> style is 'Selected' and fill =none and stroke = some grey squares and a
> brick red color (# 389) .
>
> When I try to change the color by clicking on 'none' or from the button
> 'take from selection'----nothing happens.
>
> I am sure that I am doing something wrong!
>
> How can I cahnge the color for fill/stroke?
>
> regards
>
> SJ
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for Inkscape.
>

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sairam (karthij) said : 		#6

Thanks Ryan, that helped.

regards,
SJ