freesewing/markdown/dev/guides/prerequisites/svg/en.md

---
title: Scalable Vector Graphics
order: 20
---

Patterns are rendered as **SVG** — short
for [Scalable Vector Graphics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics) —
an XML-based vector image format and an open standard.
While you don’t need to be an SVG expert, a basic understanding of the format
will greatly help you to understand FreeSewing.

For example, the coordinate system and the way paths
are structured are all related to the SVG drawing system, which is closely related
to other 2D drawing technologies such as PostScript or PDF.
-												Revert "chore: Linting for markdown and js"

This reverts commit 1c92e0f655c1b34e4b1f6807914529cc4d82ff81.

											
										
										
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+								---
-												wip(markdown): Updates for new dev site

											
										
										
											2021-12-27 14:58:44 +01:00
+								title: Scalable Vector Graphics
-												feat: Flat import of markdown repo

This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content
from our markdown module.

We've imported this without history because the repo contains our
blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi.

Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo
to import the full history.

Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo
at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown

											
										
										
											2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
+								order: 20
-												Revert "chore: Linting for markdown and js"

This reverts commit 1c92e0f655c1b34e4b1f6807914529cc4d82ff81.

											
										
										
											2021-10-17 18:26:00 +02:00
+								---
-												feat: Flat import of markdown repo

This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content
from our markdown module.

We've imported this without history because the repo contains our
blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi.

Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo
to import the full history.

Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo
at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown

											
										
										
											2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
-												wip(markdown): Updates for new dev site

											
										
										
											2021-12-27 14:58:44 +01:00
+								Patterns are rendered as **SVG** — short
-												Revert "chore: Linting for markdown and js"

This reverts commit 1c92e0f655c1b34e4b1f6807914529cc4d82ff81.

											
										
										
											2021-10-17 18:26:00 +02:00
+								for [Scalable Vector Graphics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics) —
-												feat: Flat import of markdown repo

This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content
from our markdown module.

We've imported this without history because the repo contains our
blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi.

Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo
to import the full history.

Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo
at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown

											
										
										
											2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
+								an XML-based vector image format and an open standard.
-												chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs

											
										
										
											2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00
+								While you don’t need to be an SVG expert, a basic understanding of the format
-												feat: Flat import of markdown repo

This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content
from our markdown module.

We've imported this without history because the repo contains our
blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi.

Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo
to import the full history.

Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo
at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown

											
										
										
											2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
+								will greatly help you to understand FreeSewing.
 								For example, the coordinate system and the way paths
 								are structured are all related to the SVG drawing system, which is closely related
 								to other 2D drawing technologies such as PostScript or PDF.