Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)… - v1.1 / v1.0

Extension

• Plugins
• Reference

Tutorials

• Editing Paths with the Node Tool / 2
• Galleries
• Setup Interface
• Shapes
• The Rectangle Tool - Rounding the rectangle
• Connectors & Selector
• Slice (& dice) Live Path Effect - allows you to split an object into two or more parts without destroying the original.
• Repeat an Object Around a Shape

Text

• How to Put Text on Path
  • FreeCAD: imported SVG is displaced
• I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape / HN - inject LaTeX text.

How to Vectorize

• Inkscape tutorial: Vectoriser une image matricielle
• Inkscape tutorial: Tracing bitmaps
• How to Trace Bitmaps in Inkscape

alternatives

• svgedit