: Free vector design app besides inkscape? Does anyone know a good vector drawing application? I tried Inkscape, but it is not a real vector design app. Technically it's an SVG editor, and as

@RJPawlick971

Support for multiple pages*, so I can design and print booklets / practice sheets / etc.


Macromedia Freehand had that feature. We all loved it. Adobe killed it.

Anyways, that's really not a feature that is typical of an illustration app. That's more of a page layout/publishing app such as Adobe InDesign. For a decent open source option, try Scribus.


Center a text in any shape/group that doesn't stray or stretch when the shape size is changed. Word-wrap is required. (Read carefully -- this is impossible to do with Text-flow!)


Inkscape handles resizable text boxes with the text re-flowing as needed.

Again, though, complex typography and text flow is more of a page layout feature (again, see Scribus).


Can easily create arrows with any size arrowhead* and any color*.


Relative easy to do by creating your own arrowhead and duplicating as needed.


Have 'anchors' on shapes so other shapes (typically lines) move when the shape in question is moved/scaled.


Not quite sure what you are looking for there. Could you clarify that one a bit more?

Inkscape is typically considered the most mature of the open source options for vector illustration (in fact, it's all I use for my freelance work these days). That said, there are some alternatives. I haven't tried these. If you do, report back and let us know how they work out!

www.skencil.org/ (UI akin to Inkscape, not sure if it's still maintained) www.xaraxtreme.org/ (powerful, but also not sure if it's still being developed) live.gnome.org/Dia (looks to specifically have featured tailored to flow charts and diagramming) sk1project.org/ (apparently formally Skencil, and now, replaced with PrintDesign. More info on PrintDesign here: libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/sk1-development-restarted alas, I can't find a URL for printDesign. It looks interesting as it's specifically CMYK based, which would be nice).

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@Ogunnowo857

OpenOffice.org does everything you've just described. For more complex books (the multi page feature you seek) you might also want to look into Scribus.

www.openoffice.org/product/draw.html http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

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