Martijn Looking for a simple graphical SVG editor for Mac OS X. Tips welcome. I would rather not install XQuartz to run Inkscape.
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Haaktu Using an old OSX version? You don't need XQuartz for the new ones.
Mark Dain Older versions of OS X came with X11.app, which Apple removed in newer builds, so it was still running on top of X11 :(
🏒 Lucian Marin Why not write SVG by hand if you want to keep things simple? Sublevel logo is written by me.
Martijn That's fine for simple geometrical shapes, and I have done so. Not much fun when you need to follow specific curves of pre-existing designs though.
Mark Dain It depends what you need specifically? For a generic vector editor, I can only recommend Inkscape or Illustrator. If you want to do design / UI or mockup work, I love sketchapp.com for this, it's far superior to using a generic tool as it's really built for this
Asko P. Sketch reminds me of those awkward times when a client gives me sketch files and I have to tell them that I use Windows.
Mark Dain You're a web designer/developer who doesn't use a Mac? *eyes start twitching* *foaming coming out of mouth* In all seriousness, did they already have the Sketch file then they started? Perhaps it's a good idea to let them know right up front you can't accept Sketch files. Do you accept PSD?
Asko P. Everything that Adobe supports (doesn't really have to be Adobe, just has to run on Windows, too), I accept, and PSD's are still most of the industry, but apparently quite a few designers have stopped caring about what most of the world uses and just into their own preference not realizing that while the tech world uses Macs a ton, they also use Windows and Linux a ton.
Martijn I am using brand icons from simpleicons.org but am missing a few. So I thought I would tweak some existing SVG into shape to match with those.