On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Steve Kleene <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:59:23 -0500, I wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me how to extract a vector graphics image from a PDF? > > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:06:33 +0100, [email protected] replied: > >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pdf2svg.html >> You'll get the whole page (including text fonts) as vectorial objects. > > Part of my original problem was that I have a PDF that, for some reason, > won't open in Adobe Illustrator 9 (AI9). My goal was to isolate an EPS > graphic from a page with text into AI9 and edit the image. > > Anyway, your suggestion worked. I converted file.pdf into file.svg, brought > that up in iceweasel, and wrote it out as file.ps. Illustrator 9 could then > open file.ps. The grouping of objects seemed pretty hacky, but I could deal > with that.
Neat ! I discover that inskscape has a pdf import functionality. I could even import my PDF file directly, and save it as SVG. The text was properly handled this time ! 2cts -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
