[Qgis-developer] Re: Symbol pattern scaling issues: raster versus vector pdf

[John C. Tull]

Hi Marco,

Thanks for clarification and the pointer. I will look at the link and see if I can make it work. 

John


On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Marco Hugentobler wrote:

> Hi John
> 
> The vector scaling issue in (vector) pdf is a bug in Qts pdf paint engine:
> 
> http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-5114
> 
> But now there is a patch for it in the qt bugtracker. So hopefully it is fixed 
> in the newer versions (or you could apply the small modification in the ticket 
> if you have a 4.5).
> 
> Regards,
> Marco
> 
> Am Dienstag, 30. März 2010 17.59:59 schrieb John C. Tull:
>> Hi Marco,
>> 
>> I assume you saw the bug I filed the other day on this:
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2598
>> 
>> I wanted to follow up with you because exporting to vectorized pdf seems to
>> be a possible workaround for the strange polygon fill/shading bug that
>> occasionally crops up for me (recall our communication and the screenshots
>> from the hackfest). For projects that have the fill problem, exporting to
>> pdf as a vectorized pdf file avoids the fill problem. Unfortunately, the
>> issue with symbol fill pattern differences arises, as described in the bug
>> report.
>> 
>> I'm hoping there is a simple solution to this problem. Otherwise, I am at a
>> loss for creating printable, high-quality maps in qgis for many of my
>> projects.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John
>> 
> 
> 
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