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Scalable Vector Graphics Format (SVG)

The Scalable Vector Graphics file format is an Internet standard vector format for describing two-dimensional graphics in XML. SVG supports vector graphic shapes, images, and text. For more information about this format refer to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website https://www.w3.org/.

This file format is not supported in the non-vector toolkits. Read support and write support for this format are provided in the LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging toolkit and are unlocked when the Vector features are unlocked.

The default extension used by this format is: SVG.

This file format is supported by Adobe SVG Viewer, CorelDraw! 10.0, JASC WebDraw and Apache Batik SVG browser.

This file format does not support layers, but it will save embedded raster objects.

When saving SVG files, the images are stored externally and a reference to the image(s) is added to the file. Use FILE_SVG_EMBED_IMAGES to save raster images embedded inside the SVG file.

LEADTOOLS supports loading this format as raster image, vector or SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) document.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
FILE_SVG	Yes	Yes	[247] Scalable Vector Graphics Format.
FILE_SVG_EMBED_IMAGES	Yes	Yes	[289] Scalable Vector Graphics Format with embedded raster images.
FILE_SVGZ	Yes	Yes	[397] GZIP compressed SVG.

When SVG files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:

Object	Load	Save
Animation	Not Supported	Not Supported
Circle	Supported	Supported
Class Styles	Supported	Not Supported
Clipping, Masking, and Compositing	Not Supported	Not Supported
Color	Supported	Supported
Ellipse	Supported	Supported
Elliptical Paths	Supported	Not Supported
Filling, Stroking, and Marker	Supported	Supported
Filter Effects	Not Supported	Not Supported
Fonts	Supported	Supported
Gradients and Patterns	Not Supported	Not Supported
Group Object	Supported	Not Supported
HPolyBezier	Not Supported	Supported
Interactivity	Not Supported	Not Supported
Lines	Supported	Supported
Linking	Not Supported	Not Supported
Paths	Supported	Not Supported
PolyBezier	Not Supported	Supported
PolyDraw	Supported	Supported
Polygons	Supported	Supported
Polyline	Supported	Supported
Raster	Supported	Supported
Rectangle	Supported	Supported
Spline	Not Supported	Supported
Text	Supported	Supported
Transformation Matrices	Supported	Not Supported
Vertex	Not Supported	Not Supported