Inkscape 0.42 Released!

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The Inkscape team and community are proud to announce the release of Inkscape .42, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool." Inkscape is a Vector editor along the lines of Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand, except the source code is open to anyone and it is free of charge. As usual, this release has addressed a number of high priorty issues that users had reported and is the most fetaure packed version to date. We're also proud to announce that is the first release that we will be supplying Installation packages for OSX as well! We owe a huge thanks to the strong developers and user community that have contributed countless hours on Inkscape 0.42.

New features in 0.42
Gradient tool: a completely redesigned and much easier to use gradient interface, with gradient handles displayed right on canvas.
Color swatches
Completely rewritten text engine
Colored clones: clones can now be painted differently from their original.
Tile tracing: the Tile Clones dialog can trace the existing image with the tiling, producing a multitude of exciting effects.
Grid arrange, baseline align, clumping and unclumping: new powerful ways to arrange objects.
Effects are now usable from within Inkscape on all platforms; this version ships with a collection of effects including path interpolation, randomization, and various fractal algorithms.
Better SVG/CSS compliance
Improved bitmap tracing
Numerous enhancements to the node editing tool
Over 350 bugfixes and much, much more!

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