Inkscape, An Open-Source Vector Drawing Program is THE GUIDE to the

Inkscape program. The shorter, web-based, version is linked directly to under the program's Help menu. This book is both an

introduction and reference for the Inkscape drawing program. With

Inkscape, one can produce a wide variety of art, from photo-realistic

drawings to organizational charts. Inkscape uses SVG, a powerful

vector based drawing language and W3C web standard, as its native

format. SVG drawings can be directly viewed by web browsers such as

Firefox and Opera. A subset of SVG has been adopted by the mobile

phone market. Inkscape is available free for Windows, Macintosh,

Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The first third of the book is

devoted to eleven tutorials that progress in difficulty from very

basic to very complex. The remainder of the book covers each facet of

Inkscape in detail. Advance topics covered include the use of

Inkscape's powerful tiling tool, built-in bitmap tracing, and SVG use

on the web. The book includes plenty of tips (and warnings) about the

use of Inkscape and SVG.