Inkscape 1.2 released. Here is how to download and install the latest Inkscape in Ubuntu Linux. Leaarn how to open Inkscape in Ubuntu.
Inkscape 1.2
Inkscape 1.2 is the latest major Inkscape release that brings users many fresh new features and new functionality.
The most notable changes include:
- Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages, which are managed by the new Page tool
- Editable markers and dash patterns
- Layers and objects dialog merged
- On-canvas alignment snapping and Snap settings redesign
- New ‘Tiling’ Live Path Effect
- Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to
- Import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons and other online sources
- Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving
- All alignment options in a single dialog
- Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog
- Gradient dithering
- SVG Font Editor updated
- Flowing text around shapes and text padding
- Convenience Boolean operation for splitting paths
- Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new customization options
- Performance gains for many parts of the interface and many different functions
- Lots of improvements to the user interface
- Numerous crash & bug fixes in the main Inkscape program and in in the stock extensions
- and so much more!
Some default settings have been changed to make Inkscape easier to use for new users:
- Rotation is now locked by default
- The default handle size has been increased (to 4)
- The default number of autosave files has been increased (to 50)
You can read the full release note at https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.2/Inkscape_1.2.html
Download & Install Inkscape
Linux and Ubuntu users can install and download the latest version of Inkscape from https://inkscape.org/