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Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

#1

Post by pie » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS
ai2html.org

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by andybak » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 11:03 PM UTC

I don't currently have access to an install of Illustrator but I'd be very interested to see some sample output.

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by justinph » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 11:13 PM UTC

andybak wrote: post #2

I don't currently have access to an install of Illustrator but I'd be very interested to see some sample output.

It's a little buried on the ai2html site, but there is a whole host of things listed here: https://delicious.com/archietse/ai2html

It's a pretty impressive tool, and clearly the NYT uses the hell out of it.

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

#4

Post by pcurve » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 5:14 AM UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkj5oWt-G4o

Simple demo.

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by dwtkns » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 5:22 AM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkj5oWt-G4o Simple demo.

Though it does similar things and shares the name, that's not the same tool.

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by abdias » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 6:58 AM UTC

Maybe a silly question, but why not just export the illustrator file (when inside Illustrator) as SVG?

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by samtp » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 7:39 AM UTC

justinph wrote: post #3

andybak wrote: post #2

I don't currently have access to an install of Illustrator but I'd be very interested to see some sample output.

It's a little buried on the ai2html site, but there is a whole host of things listed here: https://delicious.com/archietse/ai2html It's a pretty impressive tool, and clearly the NYT uses the hell out of it.

If you look at the bottom of the ai2html site, you can see it was made and owned by the NY Times.

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by SixSigma » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 8:44 AM UTC

abdias wrote: post #6

Maybe a silly question, but why not just export the illustrator file (when inside Illustrator) as SVG?

Scripting

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

#9

Post by shiggerino » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 9:26 AM UTC

SixSigma wrote: post #8

abdias wrote: post #6

Maybe a silly question, but why not just export the illustrator file (when inside Illustrator) as SVG?

Scripting

Isn't that precisely what SVG lets you do?

Re: Ai2html – Converts your Illustrator document into HTML and CSS

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Post by andybak » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 12:37 PM UTC

justinph wrote: post #3

andybak wrote: post #2

I don't currently have access to an install of Illustrator but I'd be very interested to see some sample output.

It's a little buried on the ai2html site, but there is a whole host of things listed here: https://delicious.com/archietse/ai2html It's a pretty impressive tool, and clearly the NYT uses the hell out of it.

Right - so it mainly seems to be "text labels to html - everything else to a .png"?