This is where we make your single-color image adjustable from your stylesheet (if your image has more than one color - you can skip this step). The application will immediately optimize your SVG file removing a lot of the extra junk code Illustrator added to your file making it a smaller file. With the application open, drag the SVG file you created onto the svgo-ui application window.Install/open the free application called svgo-ui (download it at ).Hit "Save As" and save it as an SVG file.I prefer to match the width and height of the artboard to the EXACT dimensions of my images. The more exact the better because it will export any extra spacing you may have on your artboard between the edges and the actual image.
Open/create the file in Illustrator (there are other applications that can accomplish this as well).My goal is an SVG image that has no preset fill colors and a class of "icon", which I will then be able to manipulate in my stylesheets to set sizes and hover states. For this example, I'm going to target simple vector-based images that use a single color and, in this scenario, will be used as icons on the website. So, without further ado, let me walk you through how I create and implement SVG files into our designs here at GRAYBOX. Like the other formats, each has its own place in web design depending on the intended use and purpose of the image(s) you are working with. CSS image manipulation - when using the inline variation of the SVG file, you have access to things like fill color and size.giving you control over the display of the image via your stylesheets.īefore I hail the SVG as the great PNG/JPG/GIF killer - let me first say that it's not.Retina/High-Resolution Displays - since these images are built with code rather than pixels, the image retains its sharpness at any size.Responsive Design - the scaling of SVGs is infinite and sharp at any size.The SVG format allows you to add images that are built using XML language to draw with coordinates rather than pixels. Why SVGs?Īs a front-end developer, one of the great opportunities that the SVG offers is a break from the traditional use of pixel-based (rasterized) images to a format that behaves like a pure vector image file because.well, it is. The most accurate description is that they are an XML-based vector image format and officially part of the SVG specification from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999. At least, that's my definition in a nutshell. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) allow you to make images out of code.
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