Re: extracting vector graphics from a PDF
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> 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, mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com 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
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Mathieu
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