How to make a square topped, round rect bottomed graphic?

[Richmond]

On 12/02/2010 07:19 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> Bob Sneidar-2 wrote:
>> This is rhetorical, but I wonder if the issue is that the engine cannot
>> render such an object, or that there are no tools capable of making one
>> natively. If it is only the latter, then maybe a good future enhancement
>> would be the ability to import eps vector objects. That way you could make
>> what you wanted in something like Illustrator and then import it.
>> [snip]
>>
> Actually, some years ago, I published a stack that could import
> simple Adobe Illustrator files. this is the more recent version
> that could import graphic with gradients:
>
> http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05B.zip
>
> (Many thanks to Andre for offering me this space in his account!)
>
> But the solution that we need is to update the stack SVGL, created by
> Ian Macphail, to import gradients and transparency from SVG files:
> http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/112/SVGL
>
> Using SVG, we could create and import whole interfaces with
> transparency and gradients. The original Adobe Illustrator format
> do not offers transparency, so instead of breaking the format,
> Adobe replaced it with PDF in new Illustrator versions.
>
> SVG is a standard, so this work could benefit all of us in more
> than one way. Notice that I have already worked out the math
> for Lineal and Radial gradients in Version 0.5B of the stack EpsImport.
>
> If one of you want to help on this task and Mr. MacPhail agree,
> we could start working on this update today.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Alejandro
>
>
>
Thanks for both of thse extremely useful resources.