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[Lathorien]

Any tutorials for using inkscape for labeling kicking around?

[RobA]

Any tutorials for using inkscape for labeling kicking around?

Nothing specific but I can outline the procedure I use.

- Create a new image in inkscape.
- Import the finished, unlabeled map.
- Set the image size to fir the selection (this will make the inkscape canvas the same size as the imported image)
- open the layer palette, and lock the layer the map is on (Should be "Layer 1") Now you won;t keep selecting it, and you can easily turn its visibility off in the layer palette.
- Create a new layer for each type of label (I tend to have layers like "town markers" "town labels" "regions" "rivers" "water bodies") that will have a different text style.
- Add the labels. Work in a 1:1 view, and don;t make the text too small or it will be come illegible. You can check it easily by Alt-B (make bitmap copy) which will show you what an element will look like when exported as a bitmap.
- Using the layer panel, turn off the visibility of the layers and export them one at a time as full image pngs. (I like to do effects like glow, shadow, etc in gimp, but you could also do them in inkscape)
- import all those layers back into gimp and apply the effects you want (if doing them in gimp).

-Rob A>