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A drawing can be saved as Inkscape SVG or as Plain SVG (among others). If I want to put a svg file somewhere on the web for simple browser display, should I explicitely save the drawing as Plain, or is it ok to just upload on web server the original Inkscape file ?
Cristi
is there a side effect if using Inkscape SVG for a web page?
Re: is there a side effect if using Inkscape SVG for a web p
If you save as plain svg, hopefully it will be rendered the same in different browsers.
If you use inkscape svg, some parts may not appear -like flowed texts for example.
If the displaying is the main purpose, better use plain svg, and use a common font for the texts.
With inkscape svg you save some unnecessary parts for displaying online, so you can lower the file size if you use plain svg.
If the displaying is the main purpose, better use plain svg, and use a common font for the texts.
With inkscape svg you save some unnecessary parts for displaying online, so you can lower the file size if you use plain svg.
Last edited by Lazur URH on Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: is there a side effect if using Inkscape SVG for a web p
Off topic:
Lazur URH wrote:If you save as plain svg, hopefully it will be rendered the same in different browsers.
If you use inkscape svg, some parts may not appear -like flowed texts for example.
If the displaying is the main purpose, better use plain svg, and use a common font for the texts.
Note: saving as 'Plain SVG' does not magically solve the known issue with Inkscape's 'Flowed text' format.
For more information about 'Flowed text' vs 'Regular Text', please read the FAQ: “What about flowed text?“