SVG Editing
Articles about svg editing.
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Keeping SVG Stroke Width Constant When Scaling
How the SVG non-scaling-stroke setting keeps line thickness fixed as artwork resizes, when it suits logos, and when outlining strokes is the safer delivery choice.
How to Edit an SVG in GIMP
What GIMP can and cannot do with SVG logo files, with steps for rendering an SVG into a favicon, editing imported paths, and checking the result.
White LinkedIn Logo in SVG: What It Is and How It Differs
What a white LinkedIn SVG logo is, how it differs from the full-color version, how to check whether a file is true vector artwork, and what permission to use it really covers.
How to Open an SVG File: Viewing, Editing and Checking Logo Artwork
How to open an SVG file on Mac, Windows or in a browser, choose a viewer or a vector editor, and check that the logo or favicon artwork is truly usable.
How to Save Vector Artwork from Illustrator as SVG
Save or export a redrawn logo from Adobe Illustrator as SVG: prepare paths and type, choose the right export method and settings, and verify the file.
How to Keep SVG Proportions When Scaling a Logo
Stop SVG logos from stretching. Learn how viewBox and preserveAspectRatio work together, which values suit logo artwork, and how to check an exported file.
Smooth an SVG Path: What It Means and How to Do It for Logos and Favicons
How SVG path smoothing works: curve commands, node reduction, editor tools and scripted conversion, plus what matters when the path becomes a favicon.
How to Choose an SVG Editor for Mac for Logo Work
A practical guide to choosing a Mac SVG editor for logos: the features that matter, how to test export quality, and how to check that the delivered SVG is clean and usable.
Create a data URI from an SVG logo
How to turn an SVG logo into a data URI: choosing URL-encoding or base64, preparing paths, text and colors, escaping the markup and checking the result.
SVG stroke-linecap: How Line Ends Shape Favicon and Logo Artwork
What SVG stroke-linecap does, how butt, round and square caps differ, and why line-end shape matters in small SVG favicons and logo files.
SVG Halftone Generators: How They Work and Whether the Output Is Usable for Favicons
What an SVG halftone generator produces, how true vector dots differ from filters and embedded raster images, and what that means for favicon artwork.
How to Open an SVG Logo on a Mac
How to open, preview and edit an SVG logo on a Mac, from a quick Finder preview to a vector editor, plus how to check the file is real, usable vector artwork.