File talk:Chess Board.svg
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Strategies for SVG drawing[edit]
The versions of File:Chess board.svg show several different concepts, worth to be discussed.
- 1st version, 2006-10-01 by Nevit (Sodipodi-Inkscape, 13 822 bytes)
- resembles hardly to the appearance of a chess board. One single path (this element needs 12 245 bytes) with hundreds of cubic curves gives not any straigt line. Instead of squares round irregular structures are shown - but that with an accuracy of seven decimal fraction digits.
- 2nd version, 2009-11-23 by Tryphon (Inkscape 19 941 bytes)
- is a chess board. The frame and the 64 rectangles are stupidly one after the other defined, with the Inkscape-typical over-attributing for each one, not using any grouping synergies. In fact the definition is accurat to one decimal fraction digit, but because of the Inkscape-typical transformations five digits are needed to correct the transformation aberration. Each one of the 64 squares need ~233 bytes for definition.
- 3rd version, 2009-11-23 by AnonMoos (manual review, 3 740 bytes)
- has still the 64 + 1 rectangles, but by clever grouping most of the repeated attributes become obsolet. This is a swift and effectful method to reduce such codings. The transformation deviation needing the avoidable correction with five decimal digits is still in use.
- 4th version, 2010-01-22 by McSush (manual, 519 bytes)
- A complete new concept showing skill and knowledge. With only eight path-drawn rectangles, four horizontal ones overlaid by four vertical ones using the fill-rule "evenodd" all is done inside the outer frame rectangle. The coordinates are specified as integers, instead of transformations the
viewBoxis used.
- A complete new concept showing skill and knowledge. With only eight path-drawn rectangles, four horizontal ones overlaid by four vertical ones using the fill-rule "evenodd" all is done inside the outer frame rectangle. The coordinates are specified as integers, instead of transformations the
- 5th versions, 2010-05-18 by Tryphon (2×manual, 730 bytes)
- Another new concept. After defining four of the squares, they are cloned to a filling pattern for the outer frame. A similar solution shows the drawing Flag of Angoumois, while LinkFA-star Aragon (
) is another example for filling patterns. - From this version on the white squares are really white, in prior versions they had been transparent.
- Another new concept. After defining four of the squares, they are cloned to a filling pattern for the outer frame. A similar solution shows the drawing Flag of Angoumois, while LinkFA-star Aragon (
- 6th version, 2010-12-26 by Sarang (manual, 368 bytes)
- is just a review of the 4th version from McSush. Alternate concepts resulted in larger files, e.g. the stroke-dasharray, used for November (
) and Checkermotoslogo (
), was not the best choice. - Remark: Coding as
stroke-width="1"andfill="black"is default parameter value and therefore always redundant (except when overwriting another group attribute). Its removal makes a file size of 339 bytes. Sure it will be possible to find more reductions. -- 08:49, 31 December 2010 Sarang
- is just a review of the 4th version from McSush. Alternate concepts resulted in larger files, e.g. the stroke-dasharray, used for November (
- 7th version, 2012-01-30 by Sarang (manual, 296 bytes)
- review of 6, removing default values and avoiding negative signs
