Thanks for the help.

Would that black element also be present in the .AI file? If so, can you tell me how to remove it?

Here's the SVG file. Thanks for taking a look. The AI file is too big, even zipped. If necessary, I can provide a link to my Dropbox account.

I did try increasing the resolution when exporting to PDF, but it's not much better. I'd like to try printing right from Inkscape to see if the results are better, but I have to figure out how to get rid of the black background first. If there's some sort of filter being applied, I don't know what i...

First time poster here. I'm not really a graphics kind of guy, but I was hoping to be able to use Inkscape to help with a project. A friend designed a logo for me, using Adobe illustrator. The file is a .ai. I can open it with Inkscape, and figured out how to clone the logo and resize it. The logo i...