https://github.com/leifgehrmann/svg-stroke-to-path
Shell script to convert strokes in an SVG to paths using Inkscape's CLI
https://github.com/leifgehrmann/svg-stroke-to-path
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Shell script to convert strokes in an SVG to paths using Inkscape's CLI
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/leifgehrmann/svg-stroke-to-path
- Owner: leifgehrmann
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-04-23T07:05:39.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-04T21:11:48.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-24T05:34:51.679Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: inkscape, shell-script, svg
- Language: Makefile
- Homepage:
- Size: 21.5 KB
- Stars: 29
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# svg-stroke-to-path
Shell script to convert strokes in an SVG to paths using Inkscape's CLI.
## Why?
I needed a tool that converts strokes into paths for a [font automation tool](https://leifgehrmann.com/2019/04/28/creating-fonts-from-svg/).
Long story short, FontForge really does not like strokes.
The `svg-stroke-to-path` script makes batch-processing hundreds of SVG files easier, and also adds the ability to select specific objects using CSS selectors.
## How does it work?
`svg-stroke-to-path` uses [Inkscape's command-line-interface] (CLI).
[Inkscape's command-line-interface]: https://inkscape.org/doc/inkscape-man.html
Behind the scenes, it is running the following command, just with added functionality.
```shell
inkscape \
--actions="select-all:all;object-stroke-to-path" \
--export-filename="myFile.svg" \
myFile.svg
```
## Requirements
Inkscape 1.2 or newer.
Note: The script has only been tested on Inkscape versions:
* Inkscape 1.3 (0e150ed, 2023-07-21)
For older versions of Inkscape, specifically older than 1.2, checkout the code from [an older version](https://github.com/leifgehrmann/svg-stroke-to-path/tree/56ee0fc25aed0a0a656aca9a6e27067346c7f70e) of `svg-stroke-to-path`.
## Installing
After git cloning this repository, the script can be run locally from the directory by running:
```shell
./svg-stroke-to-path ...
```
To run it from anywhere, run the following command to install the script into `/usr/lib/bin`:
```shell
make install
svg-stroke-to-path ...
```
## Usage
```
$ svg-stroke-to-path -h
Usage: svg-stroke-to-path select_attr file ...
select_attr can be
* 'all' to select all elements
or, it can be a variety of CSS selectors, for example:
* 'path' to select only objects
* 'rect,circle' to select both and elements
* '[stroke="#000000"]' to select elements with specific attributes
* 'path[stroke="#000000"]' to select only paths with specific attributes
* '[stroke="#000000"][stroke-weight="0.5"]' to select multiple attributes
```
Note: On macOS, running this command _will_ launch Inkscape in the Dock for a split second. This is the default behavior Inkscape's CLI.
## Examples
```shell
# To convert all strokes to paths in a single file
svg-stroke-to-path all myFile.svg
# To convert all black strokes to paths in all SVG files in a directory
svg-stroke-to-path '[stroke="#000000"]' *.svg
```