I'm creating a logo as a vector drawing and would ultimately like to get it into Google Docs as a native drawing.

In the past, this has been pretty straightforward. I typically create the drawing in LibreOffice Draw because I happen to find the tools a bit more intuitive for my very limited purposes. I can then export to SVG or virtually any other format I like (I tend to like SVG for portability reasons).

I then load the drawing into Inkscape for cleanup. Once I'm satisfied, I then save it natively.

This has generally worked well with Google Docs because I can then use Inkscape to save the drawing as a .WMF file. Google Docs can import the Windows Metafile format directly.

Unfortunately, my current drawing project is misbehaving.

I'm doing a logo for a project. I did as I outlined above: created it in LibreOffice Draw; exported to SVG; opened in Inkscape, cleaned up a little; saved to SVG; saved to WMF. All fine and dandy.

Unfortunately, upon importing to Google Docs, the resultant drawing is empty. When I look back at the .WMF file by opening it in Inkscape, it's also empty.

I can even export to .WMF from LibreOffice, which I've tried. It also produces an empty .WMF.

I didn't think I was doing anything too complex. It's basically some text extruded via LibreOffice's Fontworks tools, and then shaded to my liking. I've attached a copy of the problematic SVG.

Oh, and why am I doing something so weird? Pretty simple: Google Docs integrates tightly with Google Sites, which is where I host my Web site. It's triviality itself to embed a Google Docs vector drawing into a Web page. Ultimately, I'd like this logo appearing at the top of the page.

Yes, it's a somewhat roundabout way to get a drawing into a Web page. However, it frees me from having to keep a high-res vector drawing around, separate from everything else, which is then used to generate a bitmap for use in the Web page. Google Sites can use the Google Docs vector drawing directly.

I've never had Inkscape fail to produce a great .WMF, so I'm a bit puzzled. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm very much all ears.

Thanks in advance!

I'm not familiar with libreoffice or googledocs, but that svg is made of two raster images.
Both wmf, and svg was created for vectors mainly.
Which format fits logo designing the best.
So was that intentional? You could draw that all in inkscape, saving in vector svg.

Interesting ... I was unaware that LibreOffice draw was doing that.

No, I don't want that.

Guess it's time to eject LibreOffice. Thanks for the help.