I think image xlink:href sounds exactly like what I need. The variables in my deck of cards example would be suit and rank, rather than nose, hair, etc, but the solution looks pretty generic. Being able to compose the svg from those image elements means I can write a python script pretty easily to d...

I am looking for advice on how to automate the creation of a series of images. Basically, I have some simple shapes that are each their own svg file, and I have a bunch of well defined rules for how I want to combine them. The problem is very similar to combining the four suites of a deck of cards (...