What Does SVG Offer Designers?

SVG offers creative professionals a chance to truly control the visual appearance of content onscreen and on the Web. It affords this control while still allowing the best attributes of online technology (scalability, dynamic generation, and so on) to seep through.

Designers have full control over the presentation of their imagery. Using transparency, gradients, typographic controls, filter effects, and more, the designer is able to execute designs for the Web that once were possible only within the realms of print and CD-ROMs.

Furthermore, SVG is supported by Adobe, creator of the bulk of the creative professional's toolkit. By leveraging familiar tools, the designer is able to create SVG content quickly and easily. ...

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