This package is now distributed as part of the dktools bundle.

The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG.

Program highlights:

• Designed for use with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. Handling of special text is left up to LaTeX, for non-special text you can choose whether or not to use LaTeX.

For text handled by LaTeX you have three choices:

• Use the fonts exactly as specified in the Fig file.
• Convert to use fonts in the same features (serif/sans-serif/monospaced, normal/bold, upright/italic), which allows use of the same font families in the graphics as in the document where the graphics is included.
• Write no font selection commands (text contains commands itself if necessary).

In operation:

• X-splines are approximated by a sequence of Bezier spline segments.
• Fill patterns are drawn by vector graphics operations.
• Image width and height are found by inspecting graphics elements (except texts), the paper format name is not used here.

The author is Dirk Krause. The package is Copyright © 2004-2005 Dirk Krause.