Máirín Duffy wrote:
Jeff Spaleta wrote:
My understanding is that inkscape is using its own internal svg rendering codebase, which isn't exported as a library for other applications to make use of more directly.
Inkscape uses Cairo AFAIK.
No, Inkscape uses Cario only in *some* places (outline view), the main rendering is made with its own engine. But while not perfect, these days Cario is quite good.
Are we actually using svg for the icons? I was under the impression the artists are exporting them to PNG to various sizes (under the standard icon themes in /usr/share/gnome/icons follow) so that they match the pixel grid.
Correct. Also PNGs are used for performance reason, they load faster and with less CPU use.