The Book of Inkscape, 2nd Edition

Introduction

This book is about Inkscape, the powerful, open source SVG-based vector graphics editor. It describes 1.1, the latest version, released in 2021 after almost two decades of development, in great detail, covering all of its features, excluding only those that are experimental or incomplete.

The second, perhaps more ambitious goal of this book is to evangelize the vector way of creating graphics and share the joy of thinking in vector. Once the exclusive domain of professional designers, vector graphics software has become more common and accessible. A vector editor is not yet a standard app in the same way a bitmap editor (like Photoshop) is, but it's getting there—and Inkscape has been a major cause of this shift.

Much of Inkscape's ...