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This wiki contains basic reference info for SVG objects.

W3C SVG 1.1 specification

SVG Elements

• <svg>
• Structure
  • <title>
  • <desc>
  • <g>
  • <defs>
  • <symbol>
  • <use>
  • <image>
• Painting Elements
  • <paint>
  • <path>
  • <text>
  • <marker>
  • Shapes
    • <polyline>
    • <polygon>
    • <line>
  • Paint Servers
    • <linearGradient>
    • <radialGradient>
    • <stop> = gradient sub-element used to define colors within the gradient
    • <pattern>
• Styling Properties
• Fill Properties
  • fill
  • fill-rule
  • fill-opacity
• Stroke Properties
  • stroke
  • stroke-width
  • stroke-linecap
  • stroke-linejoin
  • stroke-miterlimit
  • stroke-dasharray
  • stroke-dashoffset
  • stroke-opacity
• Render Properties
  • color-rendering
  • shape-rendering
  • text-rendering
  • image-rendering
• Controlling Visibility
  • visibility = For graphical elements (i.e. elementwise)
  • display = For container elements (i.e. groupwise)

Python SVG libraries

• CairoSVG