Dashed lines are not straight

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Revember
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Dashed lines are not straight

Postby Revember » Tue May 24, 2016 12:51 am

Hello,

I'm trying to draw a straight dashed line, however they don't look exactly straight. The dashed lines dance a bit, which is kind of strange.

I reinstalled Inkscape, tried to use the different segments for a line, but it didn't help.

The example files are in the attachments.

Can you advise me what to do?

Regards,

Vitalii
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Re: Dashed lines are not straight

Postby Espermaschine » Tue May 24, 2016 12:57 am

I think thats a visual thing, because of the antialiasing.
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Re: Dashed lines are not straight

Postby Revember » Tue May 24, 2016 1:02 am

Is there a way to fix this?
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Re: Dashed lines are not straight

Postby Espermaschine » Tue May 24, 2016 1:05 am

Make it bigger, i'd say.

A line is made of pixels. Antialiasing is made of semi-transparent pixels.
So, the thinner the line, the more visible the antialiasing.
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Re: Dashed lines are not straight

Postby brynn » Tue May 24, 2016 1:18 am

Or you might experiment with different kinds of dashes. Maybe a dotted line would work better, in this case? or maybe longer dashes would be better, I"m not sure.
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