Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/SVG

Note: For help with image creation and editing ask at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Image workshop.

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) resources. Why SVG, one might ask? For one reason see Image:Bitmap VS SVG.svg. SVG images stored at Wikipedia or on the Wikimedia Commons aren't actually what you see in your browser when viewing Wikipedia articles. MediaWiki converts the SVG image to a PNG image. The SVG format is the working format of the stored image so that people can more easily convert images for use in different languages. If you're using the Firefox browser, just keep clicking the image and you'll eventually get the full-size image, which will be the SVG version. For example; . For more info please see: Commons:File types#SVG.

SVG help and categories

Wikipedia:SVG Help - can ask for help here, too.
commons:Help:SVG
meta:SVG image support
fr:Wikipédia:Atelier graphique/FAQ SVG - in French.

Graphic Lab resource pages

SVG fonts

meta:SVG fonts

Tutorials

Image:Tutorial-cartography (basic).svg - Learn quickly how to draw SVG maps, to open in Inkscape.
Learn SVG: Taming SVG one Tutorial at a Time - Learn SVG : Tutorials, Maps, Books. [1]
Open Directory - Computers: Data Formats: Graphics: Vector: SVG: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials. [2]

Questions about insertion of links or special functions in SVGs

See the talk page, Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab/Resources/SVG, and the talk section titled "SVG : Insertion of links or special functions in SVGs."