TexText - A Tex extension for Inkscape

TexText is a Python plugin for the vector graphics editor Inkscape providing the possibility to add and re-edit LaTeX generated SVG elements to your drawing.

TexText dialog with Inkscape

Key features

  • Windows/ Linux/ MacOS support
  • LaTeX generated SVG elements can be re-edited later
  • Multi-line editor with syntax highlighting (see §)
  • Compilation with PdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or LuaLaTex (see §)
  • Interoperable scaling in TexText and Inkscape (see §)
  • Customizable TeX preamble (additional packages, parskip, parindent, etc.) (see §)
  • Colorization via TeX commands/ Inkscape is kept after re-editing (see §)
  • Alignment anchor of the produced output (see §)
  • Font size match with Inkscape text (see §)
  • Preview images (see §)
  • Compatibility with TexText down to version 0.4.x

Credits

Changelog