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Everything you wanted to know about SVG

 
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Designers and developers need their work on an ever growing number of screens with multiple pixel densities. The old solution was to have multiple versions of rasterized images, but this led to all sorts of headaches, not to mention file size bloat. SVG’s, or Scalable Vector Graphics, are one of the best options for images in responsive design and it’s no surprise why. They are scalable, resolution independent, can have small file sizes, and are widely supported by most browsers. But they can be tricky make fully responsive and require some HTML, CSS and even Javascript knowledge to use them effectively. The links below will help you learn how to best use and optimize SVG’s so you can create stunning websites that look great on any screen!

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Why use SVG at all?

SVG is an image format for vector graphics. It literally means Scalable Vector Graphics. Basically, what you work with in Adobe Illustrator. You can use SVG on the web pretty easily, but there is plenty you should know.

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SVG Vector Effects

In this snippet, we're going to look at the lesser known vector effect SVG attribute that helps us scale SVGs without scaling their strokes.

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SVG has more potential

SVG's have responsive properties that go beyond vector scaling, such as control over aspect ratio, embedded CSS and a unique co-ordinate system. Let’s take some things you can do with SVG that you might not have seen, and perhaps not even considered possible.

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Making SVGs Responsive with CSS

An article on how to make embedded SVGs cross-browser responsive. We're going to cover embedding techniques, how to apply the "Padding Hack" and how to use inline media queries to make SVGs adaptive.

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Introduction to SVG

This introductory reading list is just that: it explains the basics of using vector graphics in practical, everyday front end development, without delving too deeply into markup; I’ll be exploring those details in future articles.

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Responsive Logos

An exploration into scalable logos for the modern web.

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Styling And Animating SVGs With CSS

CSS can be used to style and animate scalable vector graphics, much like it is used to style and animate HTML elements. In this article, I’ll go over the prerequisites and techniques for working with CSS in SVG.

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Styling Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) with CSS

Today we are going to continue our discussion on Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG), and as we have pointed out in our previous post, one of the advantages of using SVG is that it can be styled with CSS.

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20 examples of SVG that will make your jaw drop

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which are now supported by all modern browsers. Addy Osmani rounds up 20 excellent uses of SVG in the wild.

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Responsive Logo Composition With SVG

What if we want to re-arrange our logo elements depending on the aspect ratio of the asset, perhaps to account for the amount of vertical real estate available to us?

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