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Also updated is the SVG Font Editor, whose Font Editor workflow now offers better previews, improved performance, and a higher degree of organization. The Text Tool has been updated in this release to support flowing text around shapes, as well as text padding. The tool also lets you import and export multi-page PDF documents.Īlso new in Inkscape 1.2 is a ‘Tiling’ Live Path Effect (LPE) that allows for interactive tiling, the ability to import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons, and other online sources, on-canvas alignment snapping, as well as the ability to edit markers and dash patterns.įurthermore, Inkscape 1.2 introduces selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving, merges the ‘Layers’ and ‘Objects’ dialogs into a new dialog, moves all alignment options in a single dialog, and redesigns the ‘Export’ dialog with the ability to select objects, layers or pages, preview, and support for exporting multiple file formats.Īmong other noteworthy changes, Inkscape now supports gradient editing in the ‘Fill and Stroke’ dialog, as well as gradient dithering, which is used for the export of raster images and for displaying gradients on canvas. To access the new Page tool, click on the lowest button in the toolbar.

Inkscape 1.2 has been released today as the latest update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editor for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems bringing numerous enhancements and new features.Ĭoming almost a year after Inkscape 1.1, the Inkscape 1.2 release is here to introduce a new Page tool that implements support for multiple pages in Inkscape documents.
