Figure 4 1   SVG Clip Art Library

Figure 4 1 shows the SVG Clip Art Library (

http://www.openclipart.org

).

KDE and GNOME have very good Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support in 

the most current releases. You should use the W3 standard SVG 

(

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

)

 when designing vector graphics logos and 

other graphics elements for your desktop. They just look better than bitmaps, are 

easily resizable, use a standardized format viewable by Web browsers, and are 

part of a general Linux desktop tend towards SVG based themes.

Table 4 5   SVG libraries and programs

Library or program

URL

librsvg

http://librsvg.sourceforge.net

KSVG

http://svg.kde.org

Batik

http://xml.apache.org/batik/

Inkscape

http://www.inkscape.org

Sketch

http://sketch.sourceforge.net

KOffice

http://www.koffice.org/karbon

 Chapter 4. Technical planning 

57