Posts tagged ‘SVG’

css3 SVG

April 3, 2010, 1:55 am

A format that expresses shapes (lines, circles, splines, etc.) in an XML-based language and their style (fill color, stroke width, etc.) in CSS. This should make it easy to create text and graphics in the same style simply by using a single style sheet for both. SVG uses several existing CSS properties, but also introduces new ones that may or may not be useful for styling text. It will progress to Recommendation as a separate specification, but the (new) CSS properties are coordinated with the CSS working group.

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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

April 3, 2010, 1:53 am

XML Graphics for the Web

SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics and graphical applications in XML. SVG 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation and is the most recent version of the full specification. SVG Tiny 1.2 is a W3C Recommendation, and targets mobile devices. There are various SVG modules under development which will extend previous versions of the specification, and which will serve as the core of future SVG developments.

The SVG Working Group is currently working in parallel on a set of modules, for extending prior specifications, and a new specification, SVG 2.0, which will combine those modules with the rest of the SVG framework to work across the full range of devices and platforms. Continue reading ‘Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)’ »

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