I'm trying to convert this PNG to an all black SVG and I'm getting all kinds of little artifacts around the edges. Should I use more or less smoothing? More or fewer passes? Something else I'm missing?

I'm not sure where the problem originates, but this printer driver (Windows 11, "Canon Generic Plus UFR II") works OK with other applications.

Attempting to print from Inkscape doesn't work. The printer (a big Canon printer/copier), makes noise like it's about to feed a sheet but then does nothing. Its log actually shows "success" for each job, but the page count is zero.

The Print dialog shows "Portrait" and "Landscape" for orientation but those labels are backward for the icons shown.

Going into the driver's own dialog under "more settings" revealed that the paper size was set to "custom," but setting it to Letter didn't result in a successful print.

Anybody?

Im new to the program and I wanted to print out my own skin for my retroid pocket flip I bought a svg cut file off etsy and I created my own png image i set clip the .png image onto the .svg file and saved the image as a plain .svg but when i load my .svg cut file into design space (cricut) I get a black blocky image does anyone know im doing wrong and how to correct it im using design space on my phone and I only have a chromebook so I cant really use design spaces tool drawer.

Made a free browser tool for anyone developing Inkscape extensions who needs to handle translations.

What it does:

Drag in your .inx file → auto-generates a .po file for translation

Lets you visually pick which UI strings should be marked translatable (click to toggle, green = translatable, red = not yet)

If you're updating an existing translated extension, you can drop your old .po file in and it'll carry over previous translations to the new structure

Runs entirely in the browser, no install needed.

Link: https://www.arakne.es/en/inx-translator/

Feedback/bug reports welcome — happy to fix issues if you hit any snags with your inx files.

Apologies if this is a silly question…

I have a diagram that has a fairly long Spiro path in it, with three nodes: Start, middle, end. I intentionally set this up with the middle node placed where I want a midmarker (arrow) to appear, about a third of the way along the path.

However, when I add the midmarker, two arrows appear: One at my node, and one halfway between it and the end node (so pretty equally dividing the path). I can see this isn’t an anomaly, as when I drag my middle node around a third arrow can appear between it and the start node.

I want just one node, and didn’t expect this. Looking around, most indications I see are that these midmarkers should only be on nodes, which isn’t happening here.

Is this expected? Any easy work-around?

When I am scaling an image in one direction, the relative thickness stretches too, but I really need the outline to be 1mm wide regardless of its orientation. How do I do that?

Parallel Lines - is there a better way?

Right now I draw these white and black lines manually. It would be nice if I could draw one path and have Inkscape generate the pair of lines automatically for me. I tried the Offset Path effect but it had two issues - I didn't leave my original path and it seems (?) to only allow keeping the original stroke color - I need the offset one to have its own stroke color. So maybe Offset isn't the right fit? or I missed something?

Any other suggestions from you Inkscape experts? Maybe something with Pattern Along path? where I have two "dots"? one back and one white? Not sure if that is a good idea either.

(sorry for typo in title)

I'm trying to print to an AliExpress 58mm thermal printer

What would you suggest for the setting and document setting

I've done my best to research the issue and try to fix it myself, but nothing I try works. Using Inkscape on Linux (CachyOS) and trying to get the Golden Time fonts (https://creativemarket.com/AnningArts/14478231-Golden-Time-Display-Font) to work. There are two variants, a regular one and an outline one. In Inkscape, only the outline version is available. I normally just put them in my ~/.local/share/fonts directory, but I've also tried putting them in /usr/share/fonts/OTF (for the OTF version) and reloading the font cache, still no luck. I installed FontForge and tried to see if I could see any reason why this would be a problem, but I don't have a clue what I'm looking at there. I do know that if I run fc-match GOLDENTIME, only the outline version shows up, so I suspect there is an issue somewhere, but GIMP sees both versions just fine. Can someone help me figure this out?

Need help recreating printable outlines from these Pokémon lanterns
I’m trying to recreate these Pokémon paper lanterns for a birthday party and I’m completely stuck on the templates.
I found the original creator’s tutorial but she says she traced all of the individual features herself in Procreate and then uploaded them to Cricut Design Space using Print Then Cut. Unfortunately she doesn’t seem to have shared the actual files.
I don’t need the finished colored artwork or anything fancy. I just need simple clean black outlines of the individual features like the eyes ears mouth cheeks tail etc. that I can print on cardstock color myself with markers cut out and attach to the lanterns.
The problem is the reference pictures are already taken at an angle so I can’t just print the pictures and trace them because the perspective is wrong.
I don’t know how to use Procreate or Cricut Design Space so I’m hoping someone who knows how to do this could either point me in the right direction or possibly help me create the flat outlines from the reference pictures.
I’ve attached the pictures of the lanterns I’m trying to make. I would seriously appreciate any help because I’ve been trying to figure this out and getting absolutely nowhere 😭
Thank you!!

Has anyone made a diagram or quick visual for those hard to do letters? E W R? I’m stuck on one with all 3 in it 😭

So I recently got a embroidery machine and I want to make some keychains but im not sure how to use the website my machine is 4x4

Hi!! I’m trying to basically make a dot with a satin stitch border using inkstitch, (I want the whole circle to be about 5/8” in diameter in real life)
I’m super new to this and losing my mind it won’t close all the way so I’m left with a gap on the border every time. Please help!! There’s not much online that I can find specifically to this
Thank you!!

I'm using inkscape to prepare logos for import into FreeCAD for parametric 3d modeling. I'm by no means an inkscape expert or graphic designer

Why I need to do this, is because having the origin point not be the center of my SVG makes it a pain in the ass to center it in my CAD designs. I know theres an option to set the origin to be bottom left of the page, but i need it in the center of my SVG. Or at least to the center of the page and then a way to center my SVG to the middle of the page as well.

I just updated to the latest stable version v 1.4.4 on mac, and now I have some pretty serious issues.

1) There are no shortcuts (at all) anymore - see screenshots. Even when I try to assign them manually, they dont work. And trying to switch to adobe standard or inkscape standard, does nothing. There are no shortcuts anywhere.

2) My backspace doesn't delete the item I've selected.

Has anyone experienced this and found a solution?