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How to use SVG on the Mac and on the web

Scalable Vector Graphics are a common resizable image format for the web. Here’s how to use them in macOS.

SVG allows graphics to be smoothly scaled to any size.
Scalable Vector Graphics are now widely used on the web.

Modern web browsers and image apps have the ability to scale images using mathematical calculations, such as Bezier curves. This is as opposed to fixed bitmap graphics, which don’t scale well and offer a blocky, pixelated appearance at times.

Scalable (or “vector”) graphics use math-based descriptions of images. When an image is resized, it can be fully recalculated at the new size with no visible loss of quality.

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