Alif Baa

So I wanted to experiment with Inkscape, as an alternative to the resource hog that is Adobe Illustrator, and as a chance to try to get reacquianted with vector-based art (my numerous sojourns with Illustrator, as well as the early 90s offerings from Corel and Aldus, were never very satisfactory).

While far from wher I want to get, I think Inkscape and I might do fine. The manner by which it handles bezier curves seems sane, its potrace integration is great, and it works decently on lower powered machines; in my case a PII IBM Thinkpad.

To the left is my first stab at something. 3 letters from the Arabic alphabet that I noodled through while commuting on Amtrak.