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A small nitpick as the resvg author: the repo located here https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg I'm not sure why the author linked some random, outdated fork. If you're trying to beat SVG, you should have done a better research.

But yes, SVG is extremely bloated and under-documented. Especially SVG 2. The core resvg codebase is close to 20 KLOC, while the whole package is like 50 KLOC.

On the other hand, resvg is an exception, because it doesn't rely on any system and/or 3rd party libraries. 95% of the code in the final binary was written by one person (me). Not because it was strictly required, but because it was fun. resvg is basically an epitome of RIIR.

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> A small nitpick as the resvg author: the repo located here https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg

Oh, i didn't see this. Thanks for some more correct and real numbers, i will correct them in the article later!

> I'm not sure why the author linked some random, outdated fork.

because it appears way higher up on the google search if you search for "svg rendering library". Sorry i didn't recognize that it's a fork!

Nice work then! I should check it out for SVG rendering and parsing.

How much work would it be to port over the C# SVG→TinyVG converter to Rust based on resvg? Considering that you already have a well done parser compared to mine...

>How much work would it be to port over the C# SVG→TinyVG converter to Rust based on resvg?

Probably a day, as long as you know Rust. I can take a look into it if you're interested. usvg (the SVG parser of resvg) is specifically designed to convert a real world SVG with all its quirks into a machine readable, minimal SVG/XML.

One thing to note is that usvg doesn't preserve text at the moment (will be converted into paths automatically) and Quadratic curves.

PS: I also have a longer, but still unfinished rant [0] over SVG complexity if you're interested.

[0] https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/master/docs/renderi...

> One thing to note is that usvg doesn't preserve text at the moment (will be converted into paths automatically) and Quadratic curves.

I mean, that sounds perfect in my ears as TinyVG doesn't has text/font support anyways and you need to perform the conversion at one point or another.

> Probably a day, as long as you know Rust. I can take a look into it if you're interested

That would be rad! I'll try to do that myself as well, but my last experience with Rust is over two years away, so i'd be happy to see a pro doing the work!

Apart from SVG, there are long-standing and well-established formats for vector graphics: Enhanced Metafile (EMF) and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Why not use them instead of a new file format?

IIRC EMF is specified as basically “whatever win32 GDI does”, it never was meant as portable format. And PostScript is a Turing-complete programming language - not really a way to make anything simpler, let alone SVG.

RIIR : Rewrite It In Rust.

Just because I had to lookup this, for me, new acronym.

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