Guides

Guides to SVG, on real files.

Answers to the questions people ask about SVG files, each one shown on a real conversion: the files, their sizes and their anchor points, measured.

VecSnap's guides answer what people ask about SVG: whether to use an SVG or a PNG, what a vector file is and when you need one, and how to keep a file's anchor points few. Each answer comes first and is then shown on a real file, converted by VecSnap and measured, with its sources.

SVG vs PNG

Which format each job needs, shown on one drawing saved both ways.

Guide · 3 min read

What is a vector file?

What one is, its formats, and how to tell a real one from pixels.

Guide · 2 min read

How to reduce anchor points

Why a traced SVG has thousands, what they cost, and how to keep only the few a shape needs.

Guide · 2 min read

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