Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Reference

Kip Landergren

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My cheat sheet for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) covering terminology and helpful resources.

Contents

SVG Terminology

absolute units

units in “pt” or “cm”

Related: user units

raster

dot matrix data structure that represents a generally rectangular grid of pixels

user units

plain numbers, no unit type. one user unit equals one screen unit

Resources